A. violent deaththousands of dollars fraud and trips to different parts of the world. These were the main data that authorities used to locate one of those identified. Leaders of a powerful international criminal network operating from Venezuela.
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There were two red notifications about this guy. Interpol due to ongoing fraud crimes and The murder of a businessman was only ended last June after members of the Judicial Police conducted a search. (Dijin) They caught him inside eldorado airportfrom Bogota.
EL TIEMPO had access to the extensive file on this person. Supreme Court of Justice of Venezuela (TSJ); The document explains why a court Black eyebrows requests its refund.
Colombian’s alleged criminal past Edgar Alonso Valencia QuesadaAccording to authorities, the incident began in 2006 when he joined a criminal network in the neighboring country. Posed as financial advisors and stock traders He defrauded hundreds of people in Venezuela.
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web with tentacles extending Malta, New Zealand, United States, Mexico and PanamaHe contacted his victims in Venezuela after obtaining information from customer databases. clubs, car dealerships, hotels, banksand, among others, summoned them to luxurious offices to inspire confidence and give the appearance of a solid and responsible company.
From that year until November 2013, according to authorities, the man native of Barranquilla He was committed to the organization and took on various roles until he became the director of one of the companies that were part of the network.
According to the file, 42-year-old Valencia Quesada was reported by the police in April 2013. businessman Israel Enrique Castillo Orozco, stated that he was the victim of a scam in the purchase of two machines supposedly to make servers. To date, the complainant has received six million eight hundred thousand six hundred bolivars (approximately $1,500 to date) were sent to accounts related to Valencia Quesada and the machines or money were never recovered.
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The complaint sparked an investigation that led to the closure of the company for which Valencia Quesada was responsible in December 2013. In the middle of the procedure, Barranquillero was captured and deprived of his freedom. He was later charged Venezuelan Prosecutor’s Office Allegedly committing crimes of complicity, money laundering, unlawful arrest and resisting authority.
However, on October 20, 2015, Valencia Quesada benefited from parole, and two days after this decision, The complainant, Castillo Orozco, was killed inside a restaurant near the Caracas Palace of Justice.
Venezuelan officials assume: Barranquilla man ‘claimed murder’ of Castillo Orozco“for instigating a criminal process as a victim of the crime of fraud against many persons, including a Colombian national named Édgar Valencia, who was deprived of his liberty for more than a year,” reads the file known to this newspaper.
The document states that since the murder of the businessman, Defendant Valencia “disappeared”An arrest warrant has therefore been issued against him since November 2015, which led to an Interpol red notice.
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EL TIEMPO learned that the man from Barranquilla had managed to escape since November 2015. “mysteriously” to the authorities. “We knew he frequently traveled to many countries in the region, but when we arrived at the scene just as we were about to catch him, we couldn’t find him,” a source connected to the investigation said.
So, on June 26, at the facilities of El Dorado international airport, Valencia Quesada was captured when he returned from Mexico.
This newspaper has established that he is currently being held in prison. pavilion for returnables 33 Bogota jail and prison complex known as La Picota.
Valencia Quesada since his capture filed a few habeas corpus Trying to regain your freedom. The lawsuit states that he was not informed of the existence of a diplomatic note when he boarded the plane in Mexico.
“They never told me about the note made by the Venezuelan State in Colombia.This is the minimum amount required for a Colombian in these circumstances to be extradited to Venezuela. Likewise, when I was detained, they did not read me the details of which authority requested my detention,” Valencia Quesada claims.
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On September 20, 2023, the Supreme Court of Justice of Venezuela declared: It is appropriate to request extradition from Colombia From Valencia Quesada.
According to officials, the network that includes Valencia Quesada fake computer systemHe captured his victims and made them believe It was active on the New York, Tokyo and London stock exchanges.different actions, currencies and goods (raw materials) such as oil, silver and gold and then invite them to invest in the business with a starting capital of $10,000.
“After the customer gave consent, an ‘international intermediary’ contacted him and told him he needed to make a transfer in dollars to an account at a bank in the United States. Hong Kong” reads the file.
The customer was then given a password and username to enter the system and was advised to remain in the system if the customer requested a partial withdrawal to secure his investment.
“After some time, the customer received a phone call telling him: All money was lost in a negative transaction”, is explained in the file.
The alleged operations on the exchange were never carried out and Designed system accessible to customer never existedbecause it was a simulator that any system technician could design.
Authorities have not been able to determine the amount of the fraud, but they have records of customers losing up to $200,000.
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