The National Police have arrested a 19-year-old boy and his mother in Córdoba accused of selling through their TikTok and Telegram accounts from counterfeit money to covid passports, which they showed on video on both social networks, as reported on Monday by the police through a statement. The investigators assure that the detained adolescent used to connect to the Wi-Fi of the institute where he was studying, which made his identification difficult. In addition to false bills of different value, the detainees are accused of selling other types of products, such as SIM cards, documentation —DNIs, passports and even driving licenses—, PCR certificates or covid passports. During the operation, the agents have carried out two searches, one in the mother and son’s habitual residence and the other in a flat that they used as a place of leisure, and various material related to the activity has been intervened.
The investigation began last summer, after the agents detected an account on social networks, which had more than 2,000 followers, where false bills of different face value were offered and in which the price of each amount of counterfeit currency was indicated. and a minimum order was required. The young detainee, who was the owner of the accounts in which the offers were made, guaranteed customers the security of payments and shipments, as well as the protection of their identity, always according to the police.
After various steps, the Police identified the people who managed the Telegram and TikTok channels. They also found that the investigated accepted payments in cryptocurrencies and that he had numerous wallets (digital wallets) with different crypto assets. It was then that he executed the two arrests.
During the searches, computer material was found, such as numerous SIM cards and SIM holders from different telephone companies, flash drives, tablets, four mobile phones, a hard drive, which is being studied by the police units, “as well as some legitimate DNI to name of third parties, ”says the note from the National Police.
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