69-year-old woman allegedly tricked at Ibagué ATM before $13 million was spent

A routine ATM visit in Ibagué allegedly left a 69-year-old woman facing more than 13 million pesos in unauthorized transactions. Colombia’s Prosecutor’s Office says her bank card was switched without her noticing.

The incident occurred in June 2025, according to the investigation. Prosecutors allege that Michael Andrés Lombana Bustos interfered with the ATM to create problems during the woman’s transaction, while his alleged accomplice, Carlos Julio Dueñas Guzmán, used the confusion to replace her card.

The woman left without realizing that she no longer held her original card. Hours later, alerts from her bank revealed withdrawals totaling 2 million pesos and a purchase worth 11.7 million pesos at a business in Ibagué. Investigators say the money was used, among other things, to buy a gold bracelet.

CTI officials, supported by the police and the National Army, arrested Dueñas Guzmán and Lombana Bustos in Bogotá. A prosecutor from the Tolima section charged them with computer-assisted theft and personal-data violations. Neither suspect accepted the charges during the hearing, and the charges remain part of the initial stage of the case rather than a conviction.