After a year of investigations, authorities captured 11 alleged members of a criminal network accused of illegally appropriating more than $3 billion in subsidies intended for vulnerable populations in Colombia. A coordinated operation was carried out between the Office of the Attorney General and the National Police in Medellín, Barranquilla, and Montería, cities from which, according to investigations, the structure dedicated to computer fraud and the diversion of economic aid administered by the Department of Social Prosperity (DPS) operated. Colonel Elver Vicente Alfonso Sanabria, director of Criminal Investigation and Interpol (Dijín), explained that the investigation established that the stolen resources were intended for "elderly adults, Youth in Action, and victims of the conflict." Also of interest to you: Dismantling of hacker gang accused of stealing $500 million with fake emails "We achieved the dismantling of a criminal network dedicated to stealing state subsidies, which were directed at vulnerable persons or the most needy families in Colombia," the official stated.