The suspect of using the names of celebrities such as Yasmine Brunet and Paolla Oliveira to commit fraud in Itapema, on the northern coast of SA, was arrested in Balneario Camboriu this Thursday (21). Civilian police also requested that the bank accounts and valuables of the suspect and his mother be frozen as part of the money was to be transferred to her.

The scammer claimed to be an adviser to Yasmine Brunet to convince the victim to carry out “advertising campaigns” – Photo: Divulgacão/Observatorio dos Famosos/ND

The man was placed in preventive detention at the request of the Civil Police, which completed the police investigation against the suspect.

Following a positive statement from the Ministry and a decision from the judiciary, the suspect was arrested this Thursday in Balneario Camboriu. He was taken to the Vale do Itajaí prison complex.

The civil police also tried to freeze the bank accounts of the suspect and his mother, as investigations revealed that part of the amount received from the scam was transferred to her.

The suspect claimed to be an adviser to Yasmine Brunet

A police investigation was opened in November this year after a suspect committed fraud and then blackmailed an Itapema resident. He claimed to be an adviser to the actress Yasmine Brunet and thereby caused the victim losses amounting to more than R$350,000.

The victim made several bank transfers in the belief that he was going to do advertising campaigns with celebrity Yasmine Brunet, mentioning certain companies such as AMBEV and Netflix.

Having discovered that she was being deceived, the victim began to threaten that the suspect would post intimate videos.