Those arrested allegedly commit crimes by stealing credit card information and modifying ATMs, in order to illegally and weekly, obtain about 15 and 20 million pesos.
Troops of the National Army, thanks to military and police intelligence work, in a coordinated work with the Sijin (judicial police) of the National Police, in the El Centro neighborhood, of the capital city of Meta, arrested two men and a woman, accused of being members of the Organized Crime Group, GDO, Los Skimming.
According to the investigations, the members of this structure are committing crimes in different sectors of the municipalities of Villavicencio, Meta; La Vega, Cundinamarca; Aguachica, Cesar, and in La Dorada, Caldas.
By deceit, they distracted their victims from making withdrawals at ATMs in order to clone or change their debit or credit cards, and thus make virtual transactions, make purchases and empty bank accounts.
One of those arrested is accused of being a member of the GDO Los Geniales, an individual arrested by the Army and police in 2020. Currently, this person was serving house arrest for the crimes of association to commit crimes, manufacture, trafficking and bearing of firearms or ammunition and aggravated theft.
Those arrested were put into custody of the Attorney General's Office for the crime of association to commit crimes, robbery by computer and similar means, as well as computer damage. The National Army invites to denounce in line 147 any criminal act that harms the community that resides in this region of the country.
Source: Press-National Army
