The Chilean investor and founder of the Arcano group, Alberto Chang, was arrested in Malta for a new hotel bank card fraud following the victim’s accusation of receiving a notification on her phone of a transaction in a place she had never been.
Chang has been in the European country since 2016 after escape from Chile in the midst of the investigation that involves him with the crimes of fraud and tax evasion when carrying out scams through pyramid schemes more than 10 thousand people.
Through media information MaltaToday, the police began investigating the case after receiving a complaint from the victim. According to the accusation, Chang would have made a payment of 500 euros in a hotel using a virtual card, which had the same numbers as the scammed person.
This is not the only accusation against the Chilean businessman, since other economic crimes are attributed to him, such as a Maltese businessman from whom he would have received help in his last court appearance, defrauding him of 5 thousand euros.
During his arrest, when interrogated, Alberto Chang stated that he was a “retired investor” before the Maltese authorities and assured that he lived in the St. Julians sector.
On the other hand, the Chilean’s defense argued that “He has no fixed address, he is a foreigner and he has no money.”
Furthermore, Chang’s defense added that “I don’t think bail will be granted in this situation, so I don’t want to waste the court’s time.”