Brazil Police Stage Multi-State Sweep Targeting Cyberfraud Ring and PCC Operations

Overview

• Third phase of Operação Código Seguro executed 48 court orders across nine states, including arrests, searches, takedowns of sites and messaging channels, and asset seizures exceeding R$5.9 million.
• Police say the scheme began in 2023 after intrusions into Mato Grosso public servants’ computers yielded administrative passwords, enabling mass queries of restricted databases and the sale of sensitive vehicle data.
• Authorities report multiple arrests in the data-fraud case, with six suspects detained and at least one person still at large, as probes expand into card cloning, e-commerce exploits, transport-app scams, and laundering via betting platforms and crypto brokers.
• In São Paulo, Operação Auditoria mobilized 240 officers to target PCC administrators, detaining at least 16 people tied to an apparatus that managed about 84 drug “stores” and seizing phones, cash, records, and other evidence.
• A separate SP action, Operação Octanagem, inspected six fuel stations linked to a prior probe and flagged irregularities such as gasoline adulterated with up to 90% ethanol and pumps delivering less fuel than indicated, with computers and financial documents seized.