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Woman Arrested in Argentina for Attempted Bank Loan Fraud

In Argentina's Misiones province, a woman was detained for attempting to scam her aunt by taking out a loan for over $1 million in her name. The suspect has a similar criminal past.


Woman Arrested in Argentina for Attempted Bank Loan Fraud

A woman was arrested in the province of Misiones accused of attempting to scam her aunt by taking out a bank loan for over $1 million using her relative's data. Following the police action, the suspect was apprehended, and it was confirmed that she already has two complaints for similar crimes. The arrest took place in Jardín América when officers from the Regional Unit IX intervened following a complaint filed by Elvira Isalvia R., 68, from the 140 Viviendas neighborhood, about strange movements by her niece. The complainant stated that moments earlier she had been visited by the accused, identified as Valeria R., 35, who does not usually visit her home frequently. During a conversation, the woman asked for her ID and underwent facial recognition through a biometric system, claiming she needed this data to access a loan, as she supposedly could not receive the money into her own account due to a credit card debt. Suspicious, another relative present warned that the visitor had already been involved in similar incidents with other people, so they immediately notified the police. When officers arrived at the residence, they confirmed that the victim's online banking system access had been altered without her authorization and that a loan for 1,160,000 pesos had been processed, a transaction the complainant had never requested. 'Consequently, Valeria R. was apprehended and formally notified of the reason for her detention by order of the intervening court,' highlights the police report accessed by the Argentine News Agency. Likewise, a mobile phone was seized, which will be subjected to technical analysis as part of the investigation. The detained woman has prior complaints for fraud filed by her work colleagues, while the case continues under judicial investigation with the intervention of the relevant authorities.

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