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Guatemalan lawyer arrested over alleged illegal home sales and document fraud
🇬🇹 Guatemala /Crime & Justice

Guatemalan lawyer arrested over alleged illegal home sales and document fraud

From La Hora · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Authorities arrested 11 people during 10 raids in Chiquimula and an operation in Guatemala City’s Zone 10.
  • The suspects face allegations including document falsification, aggravated usurpation, special forms of fraud and illicit association.
  • Investigators said the group allegedly sold other people’s properties, arranged simulated loans using false guarantees and altered documents; police seized 14 mobile phones.

A Guatemalan lawyer was among 11 people arrested in operations targeting an alleged real-estate fraud network, according to the National Civil Police.

Investigators from the DEIC and DIPANDA, working with Public Ministry prosecutors, carried out 10 raids in Chiquimula, where they arrested 10 people. Authorities made an additional arrest during an operation at an ophthalmology clinic in Zone 10 of Guatemala City.

The detainees included Dixie “N,” a 38-year-old lawyer arrested in Zone 10. The other suspects were identified by authorities only by first names and initials, with ages ranging from 23 to 60. Police said all 11 had arrest warrants for ideological falsification, special cases of fraud, aggravated usurpation and illicit association.

Investigators allege that the structure sold properties belonging to other people and simulated loans using false guarantees. They also said the suspects allegedly altered documents as part of an organized real-estate fraud and scam scheme.

Police seized 14 mobile phones during the operations. Authorities said investigators will analyze the devices as the inquiry continues.

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Originally published by La Hora in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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