NEW: The Romanian ATM-skimming group we dubbed the #RivieraMayaGang appears to have operations in Paraguay 🇵🇾
With @ABCDigital 🇵🇾and Contex.ro 🇷🇴 we reveal how some of their loot may have been poured into properties in Brazil. 1/
occrp.org/en/investigati…
With @ABCDigital 🇵🇾and Contex.ro 🇷🇴 we reveal how some of their loot may have been poured into properties in Brazil. 1/
occrp.org/en/investigati…
In 2020, OCCRP and partners published an award-winning investigation into the gang that stole over $1B mainly from ATMs in Cancun, Mexico.
You can read that below. Today’s investigation explores their alleged Paraguayan operations. 2/
occrp.org/en/how-a-crew-…
You can read that below. Today’s investigation explores their alleged Paraguayan operations. 2/
occrp.org/en/how-a-crew-…
Alleged #RivieraMayaGang member Julio César Belmonte do Amaral has been under house arrest in Paraguay for five years. His trial recently began, and he’s accused of helping develop a scam targeting payment terminals at local businesses. 3/
We tracked down multiple properties in Brazil, which the gang is believed to have bought with the proceeds of their Paraguayan operations, allegedly overseen by Belmonte. In total, we found 11 properties worth $950,000. 4/
These are thought to be the hidden assets of Florian Tudor, a/k/a ‘The Shark’, head of the gang and Belmonte’s brother-in-law, who’s currently in jail in Mexico -- where the group made most of its loot. 5/
You can learn more about the #RivieraMayaGang, and their massive Mexico-based operations, in this short OCCRP documentary. 6/
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