A businessman from Ilgota was arrested red-handed on Tuesday (21) for the crime of skilled reception. According to the Civil Police, he is the owner of a building materials store in the municipality.

A businessman received a fraudulent shipment of aluminum coils worth about R$24,000 – Photo: Civil Police/Reproduction/ND

The investigation began with a recording of an incident by a businessman from Blumenau, who said that he had fallen for a scam. The victim received a call from a person posing as a representative of a building materials store and purchased aluminum rolls by paying the invoice. The cargo was collected, but the company did not recognize the invoice, since the purchase was not completed.

This Tuesday (21), the headquarters of the same company, based in Joinville, received a new order from a supposed company representative for the sale of 10 aluminum coils. In the city of Barra Velha, one of the prisoners was waiting for the truck. Once the truck was unloaded at the house, police made an arrest.

Businessman arrested red-handed

An hour later, another freight forwarder loaded the truck into the Ilkhot building materials store. The businessman received a fake cargo and was arrested red-handed. At the scene, the police also discovered a cargo transported from the city of Blumenau, consisting of 15 aluminum coils valued at approximately 24,000 reais.

The interlocutor who conducted the negotiations as a representative of a building materials production company has not yet been identified. The losses, according to the civil police, if the cargo is not returned will amount to more than 40,000 reais.

The prisoners were taken to the regional prison Blumenau, where they remain in the custody of the judicial authorities of the city of Gaspar.