The million-dollar scam that would lead to Pamela Cabanillas spending the next 17 years in prison

On October 18, thousands of young people prepared to take advantage of the Daddy Yankee Farewell Concert at the National Stadium in Lima. Very early on, many bands were waiting for the doors of the gym to open so they could enter and enjoy what was to be one of the best shows of 2022. Little by little they were passing, when suddenly the codes for some of the tickets did not respond and the digital checker flashed red. First there were 10, then 20, then 50 until it reached more than 300 people who could not pass and this generated an alert from the police.

The situation escalated and the the number of scams only on the two concert dates of the ‘Cangry’ reached more than two thousand people, who paid between 200 and 1500 soles for each entry. staff of the National Police Fraud Division began investigating as victims took to social media, like TikTok, to report they were scammed. There were groups of up to 15 people who paid large sums of money to dealers posted at the door of the Colossus on José Díaz Avenue.

The PNP arrested a person in question, in view of the huge list of complaints that young people and parents filed at the Petit Thouars police station, and it was he who uncovered one of the largest organizations criminals dedicated to ticket fraud. The ringleader was a woman barely 18, but with an ability to convince and deceive her unsuspecting victims.

Pamela Cabanillas She has since become the most wanted by all Peruvians, but she had fled the country a day before the scandal of the fraudulent sale of tickets for the dad yankee concert. His accomplices, two other young people, who were recruited as coordinators of this million-dollar hoax, also left the country a few days earlier for Colombia.

Without income, with debts and with a rage towards Cabanillas and his henchmen, the victims called on the police to act quickly and that this crime not go unpunished.

According to investigations carried out by the fraud division of the National Police, Pamela Cabanillas he would have seized nearly a million soles following the counterfeiting of the resale of the concert of the interpreter of ‘La Gasolina’, to this is added another sum not less for the fraud of the tickets of the show of ‘Bad Bunny’ ‘ and matches of the Peruvian national team

Was influencers and tiktokers involved in this crime, but not to end up in prison, they returned the money to the victims, but they are still under investigation for their relationship with the alleged criminal network led by Cabanillas.

Pamela Cabanillas, from Europe, He decided to give several interviews in which, far from admitting his guilt, he indicated that the money from the ticket scam was already spent on clothes and shoes, because “I like to have a good life”.

“I accept my mistake, I defrauded many people without considering the consequences and I apologize,” Cabanillas said. Panorama and added that it was not two million soles that he would have in his possession, but “only 150 thousand soles”.

“Unfortunately, they won’t be able to get their money back, because I spent it. (…) No, I don’t have the money,” he said.

Already in Europe, Pamela He thought he would go unpunished and not pay the million dollar scam he committed against hundreds of young people in debt with credit cards, asking for loans to be able to buy a ticket and thus enjoy the concert of their favorite artist.

It is here that the clean Pamela Cabanillas He begins his tour of Europe, visits Italy where he even begins to show himself more on social networks and to make fun of his victims. She thought she was going to become an influencer, because a nightclub in Milan hired her to promote a presentation. In this appearance, she calls herself the “Yankee Mom” ​​and that “this time they won’t be ripped off”.

What the 19-year-old didn’t know was that her cell phone’s location activation had been activated and the Peruvian police, in coordination with the Spaniards, had begun to follow her steps, but he there was still no international arrest warrant.

CabanillasAfter a few weeks, she was arrested by the Madrid police accused of being a “shopkeeper”, but she was released within hours. Barely 15 days later, Pamela Soley continued her bad steps. He continued to fly, but this time he did it from an Irish clothing chain. and accessories, called “Primark”, he stole cellphone products there, as an intervention report indicates. His freedom counted the hours.

Yankee Mom lived in the building the Lusitanian waysouth of Madrid, in Carabanchel, where a small apartment can cost between 92 and 137 euros

The great coordination and communication between the Peruvian and Spanish judicial systems pushed the two institutions, already with the order of Interpol in their hands, to mount an operation to track the fraudster.

Cabanillas’ routine quickly managed to capture her near her residence in Madrid. He did not resist and he had no more money to survive.

The national police accuse Pamela Cabanillas of fraud, identity theft and falsification of documents. Crimes for which he could spend around 17 years behind bars.

Now the extradition should only be resolved in the coming months.