Overview
- José Luis R., 38, was taken into custody in Posadas after arriving at a bank branch to pick up a newly issued card.
- Investigators report he impersonated the real cardholder by phone to obtain an additional credit card and made purchases totaling about $42,000 between November 5 and 18.
- The bank flagged irregular movements, the legitimate customer denied the charges, and the card was blocked before a later replacement request raised new alarms.
- With authorization from Juzgado de Instrucción No. 3, the Police Directorate of Complex Investigations ran an undercover operation using intelligence work and coordination with bank staff.
- He was notified of charges including aggravated fraud, defraudation, and ideological falsification, a cellphone was seized for forensic analysis, and he remains held at Comisaría Primera.