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Seven of nine suspects jailed over 6 billion-peso Banco Itaú robbery

From Cooperativa · () Spanish

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

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  • A Chilean court ordered preventive detention for seven of nine people detained over the robbery of more than 6 billion pesos from Banco Itaú in Valparaíso.
  • Eight suspects face charges including robbery, criminal association, money laundering and computer fraud, while one faces a receiving-stolen-goods charge.
  • Prosecutors say a security-company employee helped disable the bank’s systems remotely and identified security blind spots.

Seven of the nine people detained over the robbery of more than 6 billion pesos from Banco Itaú in Valparaíso have been placed in preventive detention.

The robbery took place in July 2025. One suspect was formally charged only with receiving stolen goods, while eight others face allegations including robbery, criminal association, money laundering and computer fraud.

The computer-fraud allegation concerns a person who worked for a company providing security services to the bank. That employee allegedly played a key role in the heist by remotely disconnecting the branch’s security mechanisms, preventing alerts while the safe was accessed.

A map found at the employee’s home allegedly identified the bank’s security blind spots. Prosecutors said the person connected through a VPN while carrying out the intervention.

It is established that the intervention was carried out by an employee of a company that provided services to the bank, including information technology and security services.

· ProsecutorThe prosecutor described the alleged role of the security-company employee in disabling the bank’s protections.
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Originally published by Cooperativa 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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