Overview
- A 22-year-old inmate with 13 prior offenses is accused of coercing a Junín victim via WhatsApp to transfer ARS 500,000 to an account tied to his father.
- Judicially ordered, simultaneous raids seized a Samsung phone in Pavilion 2 of Unidad Penitenciaria Nº 13 and a Z Blade at the father’s home in Barrio San Martín.
- Both the inmate and his father were formally accused of extortion and remain at the disposal of the court pending statements.
- The case was led by Junín’s Cybercrime Investigations Section under Prosecutor Pamela Ricci (Fiscalía Nº 4) with oversight from Judge María Laura Durante (Juzgado de Garantías Nº 3).
- Authorities cite contraband cellphones turning prisons into de facto call centers as digital crime grows more sophisticated.