politics
March 27, 2026
Bank employee in Caldas allegedly provided client data to feared extortion network
The Office of the Attorney General of the Nation exposed a complex prison extortion network that operated with external support from a financial institution in La Dorada, Caldas.
TL;DR
- A complex prison extortion network operating with external support from a financial entity in La Dorada, Caldas, has been uncovered.
- Queila Maryuri Orozco Trujillo, a bank employee, is accused of providing confidential client information to the criminal group's leader, who is in prison.
- This information allegedly allowed the network to execute identity theft and secure loans in the names of unsuspecting clients.
- The employee reportedly confirmed fund disbursements in real-time to the incarcerated leader.
- Victims were subsequently contacted and pressured to hand over the disbursed funds.
- Orozco Trujillo was charged with conspiracy to commit extortion and denied the charges.
- A judge ordered her to be detained at home during the ongoing judicial process.