Colombia Holds US$16.7M Dubai Fraud Suspect
Police held a Mexican-Israeli man at Bogotá's airport on an Interpol red notice tied to a US$16.7 million bank fraud in Dubai. Extradition is pending. The post Colombia Holds US$16.7M Dubai Fraud Suspect appeared first on The Rio Times .
Colombia has detained a 61-year-old man suspected of being involved in a $16.7 million Dubai fraud. The suspect, identified as Mikhael Mezrahi, was arrested at Bogotá's El Dorado airport under an Interpol red notice. The United Arab Emirates requested his extradition to serve a criminal sentence for fraud, money laundering, forgery, and the use of forged private documents.
The case highlights how a red notice can stop a traveler at a Latin American airport, even on a layover. Colombian police, in collaboration with the immigration agency and national police's criminal investigation and Interpol directorate, detained Mezrahi. He is known as El Banquero and The Banker and is accused of using false bank guarantees, contracts, and financial documents to defraud the Bank of Khartoum.
The suspect allegedly carried four passports from different countries and a ticket to Venezuela. The Colombian police are awaiting diplomatic and judicial steps to extradite Mezrahi to the United Arab Emirates.
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