The Attorney General’s Office, through its Cali Section, managed to prosecute Juan Carlos Serrano, accused of impersonating another person to appropriate a millionaire sum through computer means.

According to the investigation, between December 13 and 19, 2023, Serrano would have used a falsified identity document to apply for credit and access credit cards in the name of his victim. According to the evidence collected, the defendant would have processed an express credit and made withdrawals exceeding 250 million pesos, defrauding a financial institution.

Serrano’s capture took place on November 13 on a public road in Bogotá, thanks to an operation by the Sijín of the National Police. During the arrest, the man was secured with handcuffs and guarded by uniformed officers, as evidenced in official photographs where he appears standing, wearing a white cap, a gray t-shirt with a red print, blue jeans and black sneakers, surrounded by members of the Police.

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Subsequently, a local prosecutor charged him with the crimes of theft by computer and similar means, non-consensual transfer of assets and use of a false document. For his part, a guarantee control judge decided to deprive him of his freedom in a prison, while the judicial process against him progresses.

The authorities emphasized that this type of electronic crime directly affects trust in financial systems and reiterated the importance of reporting any irregularity or attempted impersonation to the official channels of banking entities and the National Police.