The former employee was caught red-handed, on August 24, for the half-million payload scheme
Civil police confiscated thousands of snacks that were allegedly diverted from the food industry in Campo Grande. Last month, a former employee was arrested on suspicion of participating in the scheme, which allegedly caused losses of at least R$500,000 in goods. The goods were found on Thursday (10) in three locations: a warehouse in Bairro São Conrado and two units of a commercial establishment in the capital.
Civil police have confiscated thousands of products from the food industry at three locations in Campo Grande, suspected of being diverted goods. The action is a continuation of an investigation that led to the arrest in August of a former employee, who admitted to participating in the scheme for eight months, with more than 20 shipments removed from the company using forged documents and resold at below market price.
This action is a continuation of the investigation that already led to the arrest of a former industry employee on August 24. On this occasion, the specialized police station for suppressing robbery and theft crimes found A Large quantity of products stored without tax documents at the same property in São Conrado.
According to the Civil Police, further investigations found that the address continued to be used to store embezzled goods. Thousands of units of industrial products were confiscated at the site without their invoices.
Investigators also went to two units of a commercial establishment, where they found thousands of other similar products, also without tax documents. The goods were offered for wholesale sale at lower than usual market prices.
All three sites underwent forensic examination and the products were seized for identification and evaluation. The goods must then be returned to the victim company.
In the first phase of the investigation, the former employee who was caught red-handed admitted to participating in the scheme about eight months ago. According to the report submitted to the police, more than 20 loads were removed from the industry, usually one load per week.
According to the investigation, the goods left the company in external trucks using forged loading orders. Products without corresponding tax documentation will be removed and then resold to dealers at prices below market value.
The Civil Police began working on the premise of an organized scheme to remove the shipment directly from the industry and store and distribute the products for sale in Campo Grande.
The people found in the two commercial establishments and in the warehouse were taken to DERF for clarification. Those responsible for purchasing and marketing the products must be summoned and questioned during the investigation.