The National Land Agency (ANT) denounced that they are using his name to defraud those who offer state land in the middle of the agrarian reform.
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According to the entity, on July 4, it received audio recordings that revealed the existence of a criminal network of suspected fraudsterss, who, taking advantage of the land purchase process, charge money to private owners for the supposed sale of their properties.
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Delivery of ANT land from the Nueva Estrella farm in San Marcos (Sucre).
One of those involved would be posing as an emissary of the General Director of the ANT, Gerardo Vega, and the entity’s communications advisor, Ana María Cadavid. This is a man who, on a telephone call with another member of the so-called criminal network, identifies himself as Jefferson Gómez from Medellín.
The facts have already been denounced before the prosecutor on July 5 crimes under those of personal falsehood, slander and insult, conspiracy to commit a crime and fraud, contained in articles 296, 220, 221, 340 and 246 of the Colombian Penal Code.
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Gerardo Vega, director of the ANT.
So far this year, the ANT has made more than seven public complaints about cases of alleged fraudsters, who use the name of the entity to deceive peasants seeking formalization or adjudication of land.
The reported cases have occurred in Bolívar, Sucre, Cesar, Risaralda, Santander, Tolima and Antioquia, among other departments.
