Two sisters arrested for cosmetics store fraud with false transfers in Santo Domingo
Two sisters, one of them a minor, were detained in Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas after defrauding a beauty store with fraudulent bank transfers totalling approximately USD 1,500.
Two sisters detained for fraud with false transfers at cosmetics store
Two sisters were arrested by police in Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas accused of defrauding a beauty product store located in a shopping centre, using bank transfers that were never processed, reports primicias.ec. The total amount defrauded amounts to approximately USD 1,500.
The incidents occurred on 8 and 9 September 2026. According to the complaint filed by the shop owners, a man first presented himself at the store and purchased a list of cosmetics in the name of a woman for USD 217.91, claiming to have made a bank transfer as payment. "By the time we verified that the transfer had been processed, the man had already left with the products, and when we later called the head office in Guayaquil, we were able to verify that the transfer had not been processed," the affected party reported.
The next day, a second man presented himself at the same store and repeated the operation, this time for USD 1,200 in cosmetic products. The shop owners detected the fraud when they noticed that the invoice corresponded to the same person again. "We called Guayaquil and verified that they were defrauding us again," they stated.
Police traced the vehicle in which the buyers were travelling in a continuous pursuit until reaching the residence where the merchandise had been delivered. The men involved claimed to be drivers for a transportation application and stated that they had been hired solely to transport the goods.
During a search of the property, officers found the cosmetics on a table in a cardboard box. The shop owners confirmed that they corresponded to the items purchased fraudulently. Among the recovered products were hair clips, mascara, eyebrow pencils, approximately 40 lipsticks and dozens of hair dyes in different shades, according to the invoice on file in the legal case.
Police detained two women identified as Brigitte Mishel A. V., aged 16, and Nathaly Lisbeth A. V., aged 26, both sisters. The minor was transferred to the police unit for adolescent offenders and referred to a temporary isolation centre. The older sister, who has a criminal record, was held in a rehabilitation centre in Santo Domingo.
In light of what occurred, police recommended to merchants that they verify that received transfers have been processed before handing over any merchandise, in order to avoid similar losses.
Source: Google News DO — Santo Domingo