The Brazilian Federal Police have launched Operation Biometrics to combat a criminal scheme involving bank frauds, which reportedly moved around R$42 million. The operation resulted in the execution of 16 preventive arrest warrants and 34 search and seizure warrants across São Paulo state. In a separate case, the Rio de Janeiro Civil Police have indicted three individuals, including Monique Elias, the ex-wife of Itamar Serpa Fernandes, the late founder of the cosmetics company Embelleze, for a scheme that allegedly defrauded Serpa of R$122 million. The fraud involved manipulation through a fake online persona, Jéssica Ferrer, used by Elias to influence Serpa's decisions and isolate him from his family. Elias is accused of receiving R$28 million from two life insurance policies that Serpa had modified in her favor in 2017. The investigation also revealed that Elias, along with her son João Carlos Tavares Serpa and her partner Matheus Palheiras, manipulated Serpa into transferring R$74.5 million in company shares to Elias. Additionally, Elias received 140 transfers totaling R$4.459.278,37, as well as an apartment in Barra da Tijuca and a fazenda in Valença.