Colombia: Prosecutor’s Office issued International Alert for the founder of the Daily Cop scam

More than 150 Colombians lost their savings in Daily Cop, an investment scheme linked to cryptocurrencies that offered yields. The Prosecutor’s Office issued a arrest warrant against its founder, also linked to Gustavo Petro’s presidential campaign in 2022.

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• Colombian Prosecutor’s Office issued a red circular Interpol against Juan José Benavides, founder of the scam Daily Cop.
• The alleged company would have washed more than COP $ 126,000 million.
• Entrepreneurs involved seek agreements with justice.
• There is some additional controversy, since it is believed that Daily Cop Financed part of President Petro’s campaign.

Juan José Benavides, project promoter Daily Cop and self -styled creator of the “first Colombian cryptocurrency”, faces an international capture order through Interpol, this after defrauding more than 150 investors with its project based on digital currencies.

According to a report published by the medium Infobae, the Colombian Prosecutor’s Office He informed that Benavides led a scheme between 2019 and 2022 that promised monthly returns of 12%, but that ended up becoming a mass fraud. The amount bleached by this scheme exceeds the COP $ 126,702 million, used to acquire luxury goods and hide the origin of the funds, so they are after the search for the manager, and international support was requested.

International Network and Serious Crimes

The Prosecutor’s Office explained that Benavides and his partners would have formed a network to capture money massively and regularly, under the promise of investing in virtual currencies. The victims consigned resources to accounts of associated companies, but never received the promised dividends.

In addition to Benavides, other entrepreneurs such as Ómanar Hernández Doux-Ruisseau, CEO of Spartan Hill, and Sebastián Betancourt are also under the magnifying glass. The Prosecutor’s Office has charged them with crimes of money laundering, illicit enrichment, illegal collection of resources and concert to commit crimes.

The severity of the case led to a red circular from Interpol to achieve Benavides’ arrest in any of the 196 member countries of this international organization.

Links with the presidential campaign

One of the most sensitive aspects of the case is the possible relationship between Daily Cop and Gustavo Petro’s presidential campaign in 2022.

As indicated in a previous edition, Hernandes revealed that the company offered to finance the president’s campaign, which was paid among the co -founder of the scam -Betancourt -, and who at that time directed the operations of his political party, Ricardo Roa, which currently appears as president of Ecopetrol. It should be noted that the latter is under investigations precisely for irregularities related to the capitals arranged to support the now Colombian president.

According to Hernández statements, part of the money captured by Daily Cop It would have been used to finance flights of the then candidate, through his advisor and current Minister of Interior, Armando Benedetti.

The businessman seeks a principle of opportunity to avoid criminal charges in exchange for collaborating with justice. In September 2024, he provided testimony detailing the alleged use of resources to support Petro’s campaign, although both the president and Roa have denied any link with the Crypto project.

Investigations have also revealed a network of suspicious financial movements. Among them, turns for more than COP $ 500 million from the United Kingdom to a company in Estonus linked to Hernández, called Mardoux, that would have served to hide the origin of the illicit funds.

Spartan Hill, Hernández’s company is also indicated for making legality to investments. This firm, according to the Prosecutor’s Office, was instrumental to channel disappointed money, covering up its true origin.

Current state of the case

To date, at least 11 people have been prosecuted within the framework of this investigation. The Prosecutor’s Office continues to analyze the route of money and the possible political ramifications of the scandal.

For his part, Hernández expressed fear for his security at the Medellín detention Center, which led his defense to request special protection measures to ensure their cooperation.

Meanwhile, hundreds of Colombian families expect answers and some type of repair after losing their savings in a project that promised financial independence and ended up being a large -scale fraudulent scheme.

Written article with the help of an AI content editor, edited by Angel Di Matteo / Diariobitcoin

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