A blow to crime was dealt by the authorities, it is the dismantling of a gang called 'Los Chocheros' who were whipped by tourists visiting the hotel areas of Fusagasugá, Melgar, Arbeláez and Girardot.
The Prosecutor General's Office of the Cundinamarca Sectional Nation dismantled 'Los Cocheros' accused of stealing valuable items left inside vehicles in some tourist municipalities of Cundinamarca.
According to information released by the authorities, the criminal organization 'Los Cocheros' was stealing technology equipment such as computers, cameras, and cell phones, among others. According to the investigation, the 6 captured allegedly used universal remote controls and signal inhibitors to open the car doors and thus prevent alarms from being triggered.
Before a Municipal Criminal Judge in Girardot, those arrested were charged with the crimes of qualified and aggravated theft, concert to commit crime, false denunciation, reception and procedural fraud.
The Office of the Attorney General of the Nation indicated that during the capture operation, 7 mobile telephone equipment, 3 metal scissors, 1 laptop computer, 1 tablet, 1 mini dataphone, 1 GPS, 1 Front of Vehicle, 1 Signal Inhibitor were seized.
The action of the authorities allowed the recovery of public safety in hotels and spas in Fusagasugá, Melgar, Arbeláez and Girardot in the department of Cundinamarca.
In other information provided by the prosecutor, he stated that he occupied assets of a criminal organization that was accused of defrauding the state in the amount of 706 billion pesos through irregular VAT collection.
The prosecutor imposed precautionary measures for the purpose of extinction of ownership over 14 assets, between real estate and corporations, that would belong to a designated network of designing an illegal model to defraud the State by irregular collection of Value Added Tax (VAT). The affected assets are located in the municipalities of El Colegio and Apulo (Cundinamarca); Ibague, Ambalema and San Antonio (Tolima), and Bogotá. Apparently, they were acquired with the money as a result of the unlawful maneuvers detected.
The evidence material showed that companies were allegedly formed to simulate the provision of services or sales of construction materials. These activities would have been outsourced to multiple companies and supported by false invoices, which served to collect VAT and reduce the taxable income tax base.
The investigation revealed that at least nine paper companies were created between 2013 and 2019, which reported commercial operations with 1,970 natural and legal persons nationwide. These social reasons or companies, supposedly, served as a pretext to support the fulfillment of services or sales with the issuance of false documents. This criminal framework affected the administration of taxes by 706 billion pesos.
Assets affected by precautionary measures of suspension of disposition, seizure, kidnapping and taking possession would amount to 3.9 billion pesos. The Special Assets Company (SAE S.A.S.), will assume the administration. This result responds to the guidelines established in the Strategic Directorate 2020-2024, defined by the Attorney General of the Nation, Francisco Barbosa Delgado.
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