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PERU
LATAM flagged
FRAUD TYPES
Ransomware victim, identity fraud, telecom scams
KEY FACTS
27 ransomware attacks (2025). Scam compounds identified in Peru. Growing digital fraud.
REPORT FRAUD IN PERU2▸
2 agencies you can contact. Tap one for how to reach it and what to have ready.
DIVPNP Division de Investigacion de Delitos de Alta Tecnologia▸
NATIONAL · CYBER / CRYPTO
SBSSBS Financial Superintendence▸
NATIONAL · FINANCIAL REGULATION
BORN HERE▸
Nobody in our case files was born in Peru yet.
OPERATED HERE▸
Nobody in our case files is documented as operating from Peru yet.
KNOWN FOR▸
THE PICTURE▸
Peru was one of the countries hit hardest by the Odebrecht bribery network: the company admitted paying about $29 million in bribes there (US DOJ, 2016), and several former presidents have since been prosecuted. Alejandro Toledo was sentenced to 20 years and 6 months in October 2024 for taking Odebrecht bribes, and Ollanta Humala received 15 years for money laundering in April 2025 (Peruvian courts). Everyday fraud includes phone and SMS phishing, fake-loan apps and extortion. Enforcement relies on the special Lava Jato prosecution team, the SBS/UIF financial regulator and the anti-corruption courts.
TOP FRAUDSTERS FROM HERE2▸
Alejandro Toledo CONVICTEDREPORT PENDING
$35M (bribes) · 2004–2006
Former president convicted of taking Odebrecht bribes for the Interoceanic Highway; extradited from the US in 2023.
SOURCE: National Superior Court of Specialized Criminal Justice, Oct 2024
Ollanta Humala CONVICTEDREPORT PENDING
About $3M (alleged illicit campaign funds) · 2006–2011
Former president convicted with his wife Nadine Heredia of laundering illicit campaign contributions, including Odebrecht money.
SOURCE: Peruvian court, 15 Apr 2025
FRAUD BY CATEGORY▸
No official body here publishes a breakdown of fraud by type, so we show none rather than guess.
KEY NUMBERS▸
$29M Bribes Odebrecht admitted paying in Peru (US DOJ, Dec 2016)
WHO FIGHTS IT▸
Special Lava Jato prosecution team (Equipo Especial) of the Public Ministry.
SBS and its UIF unit supervise banks and money-laundering controls.
US–Peru extradition of Alejandro Toledo (April 2023).
SOURCES▸
Wikipedia summaries of court records (Toledo, Humala), 2024–2025
US DOJ, Odebrecht plea agreement, Dec 2016
Case lists and figures compiled September 2026 from court records, regulators and major press; statuses change. Series reports above are fact-checked case files.