A mother-of-one has been named as the leader of a gang that extorted at least 31 people with fake prostitutes, police in the southeastern Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro said.
Rayene Lima, who identifies herself as an influencer, flashed a lavish lifestyle on Instagram and remained on the run as of Monday.
Civil Police chief, Márcia Beck, told CNN Brasil that Lima used some of the money to pay for procedures to alter her beauty.
‘I had a rhinoplasty, I had a cheek lift,’ Lima claims in a video. ‘I had my dark circles done, I had liposuction and now I’m going to get my silicone implants.’
The content creator’s brother, Ryan Lima, and her cousin, Sarah Borges, were arrested Friday.
Authorities found that the trio used the online messaging applications to target their victims.
A woman would present herself as a call girl with the goal of asking the client to provide intimate pictures of themselves.
The conversations would conclude without the parties …