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São Paulo Police Launch 'Operação Dubai' in R$146 Million PIX Fraud, Main Suspect at Large

Investigators describe a network using laranjas via PIX indireto that dispersed R$146.6 million, leaving a R$39 million shortfall despite a bank clawback.

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Overview

  • A court authorized three temporary arrest warrants and four search warrants, with the main target identified as influencer and businessman Gabriel Spalone, 29.
  • Police arrested Guilherme Sateles Coelho and Jesse Mariano da Silva, who together allegedly benefited by nearly R$75 million from the scheme.
  • Spalone is linked to Dubai Cash and Next Trading Dubai, presents himself online as a finance entrepreneur with more than 800,000 Instagram followers, and is reported to reside in Dubai.
  • Investigators say 607 transfers moved R$146,593,142.28 between 04:23 and 09:47 on Feb. 26 via ten accounts tied to a partner offering PIX indireto, a practice the bank deems illegal.
  • More than R$100 million was recovered after the bank’s rapid response, searches seized electronics and vehicles at multiple São Paulo addresses, and detainees were taken to DCCiber headquarters at DHPP.