Overview
- Police in El Tambo detained Jhon Alexander Ticllas Vásquez, Ayde Tacunan Ojeda, and Edgar Álvarez Gómez after a sting arranged with the buyer who reported the scam.
- The victim paid S/3,000 for two Lenovo IdeaPad laptops using three Plin transfers of S/500 each and S/1,500 in cash, with Plin serving as an instant-transfer method in Peru.
- Officers first arrested Ticllas at the agreed meeting point, then located a Toyota Hilux near Parque Peñaloza in Chilca and detained Tacunan and Álvarez.
- Authorities seized about S/4,430 in cash, bank cards from BBVA, Interbank, MiBanco, BCP and Caja Piura, several phones with different SIMs, a Lenovo laptop, and tools including a chainsaw, a water pump, a generator and a sprayer.
- The three suspects remain under investigation for aggravated fraud and receiving stolen goods as police review evidence and check for other potential victims.