Fraud and Scams in Technology use in Argentina
In 2002, the President of Uruguay, Jorge Batlle was filmed accidentally saying bad things about argentinians. Later he apologized respecting his position as President of Uruguay. He cried but not for what he said, he cried when he remembered his childhood living in Argentina.
Argentina was in a moment in time of economic and institutional crisis.
However, Cyber/Tech Crimes may exist in everywhere, in every country in the world.
According to Fool.com, this is the statistics only for Credit cards in the first world, in the United States of America
Year Credit card fraud reports
2019 271,708
2020 393,440
2021 389,777
2022 440,666
2023 318,087
1) Record of virtual/Cyber crimes in Argentina. (Nov 2023)
2) Dollars stolen at the Payoneer Fintech APP January 2024. Argentina
3) Credit cards stolen January 2024. Argentina
Debit cards cloned, the investigation pointed at the post man.
4) Debit Cards Stolen (SEP 2023)
The case is known by a nicknamed Julio "Chocolate" Rigau who worked in the Legislature of Buenos Aires Province, who carried out 177 repeated frauds and another 45 attempted frauds, stealing 27 million pesos in September 2023 alone.
The fraud events occurred before the last Presidential Election (November 2023) . He was aligned to the presidential candidate Sergio Massa (Peronismo/Centre). Sergio Massa lost against Javier Milei at the Ballotage.
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