USP medical students report scam worth almost R$1 million

A 25-year-old medical student is the main suspect, according to Estadão.(I.e.

In a note, the SSP reported that “Also according to the victim, he and the other students only discovered the hoax on Friday (06/01), when the suspect herself told them in a Whatsapp group. The case was registered at the 14th DP (Pinheiros) and forwarded to the 16th DP (Vila Clementino)”.

According to the police, the student is also being investigated for scamming a lottery outlet in Vila Mariana, in São Paulo. In this case, the young woman placed high-value bets via transfer via Pix, but on July 12th “the woman would have left a loss of R$192.908,47, after scheduling the amount via Pix, without actually paying for the bets that accomplished”, says the note from the SSP.

A Faculty of Medicine of the University of São Paulo (FMUSP) confirmed the fraud involving the graduates and said in a statement that “the facts are being investigated, seeking to identify those responsible and the Board is supporting the students involved.”

O Curto News spoke with the class representative, Gabriela Sarti, who informed that everyone is looking for solutions to the problem. Furthermore, Gabriela said that “more exhibitions only deviates from this objective”.

“Now we need to focus on finding solutions to this problem and on our own academic training, so we think that more exposure only diverts us from these objectives”, said Gabriela.

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