In Santiago about 20 people They presented themselves this Sunday afternoon to the section of complaint from the Public Ministry, to accuse a man named Torres who posed as an official from the Ministry of Housing, Mides, as a preacher of the word of God and as a member of a promoter to sell social housing at low prices to needy families.
Maria Espinosa He told this medium that everything was revealed when in the morning of this Sunday the many people They were summoned to a residence located in Villa Marina, San Antonio district of Atalaya, to supposedly receive their houses, which they had already paid for and the man was not in the place and the house was even open and unoccupied, so that was where they reacted.
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According to those scammed, the imposter made contacts and left messages for people in need of housing in different neighborhoods in Santiago, leaving their numbers and there it said that the social evaluations were made by a MIVIOT or Mides official to show that everything was legal, but that they had to deposit a certain sum of money for the procedures to hand over the residence.
Espinosa also explained that they realized after the deception that The telephone numbers that the accused person gave do not belong to the Ministry of Housingexcept for the names of officials referred to in the notes he sent to the scammed people.
The spokesperson for those affected stated that the man with the last name Torres said that he was preacher of an evangelical church in the district of Santiago, and with his wealth he easily convinced unsuspecting people, most of them humble workers, drivers, housewives, single mothers, among others.
According to the complainants, the alleged fraudster had been operating in Veraguas for several months, and it could have affected more than 30 people, but many out of shame or fear do not dare to file a complaint with the Public Ministry.
The modus operandi consisted of supposedly charging to expedite the procedures for a home, for this it took between 200 to 500.00 dollars At least to every humble family that aspires to have a decent home.
Finally, Espinosa maintained that the accused person also posed as member of a well-known security agency in Santiago, since several times they saw him with vests and identification from the security company.
2024-06-02 23:37:59
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