A couple from Varginha (MG) is suspected of embezzling around R$3 million from a betting platform in the Federal District. According to the Civil Police, Lucas Chereze and his wife, Jaqueline Almeida, were detained on Saturday (13) during operation Game Over, after the police identified that they intended to flee the country. 📲 Follow the g1 Sul de Minas page on Instagram According to investigations, the couple and a third suspect, who is on the run, had embezzled millions of dollars over the course of a year. Police say the money was used to create a new, competing platform. In a video sent to the report, the delegate responsible for the case, Fernando Fernandes, detailed the scheme and highlighted that, in addition to the financial loss, those investigated had used threats to intimidate former collaborators. Couple from Sul de Minas is suspected of embezzling R$3 million from a betting platform in DF EPTV Reproduction "The couple under investigation, together with another citizen, their partner who is on the run, allegedly embezzled millions of dollars from a betting platform here in the Federal District for a year. And with these embezzled amounts, they opened a new platform competing with the previous one and were then using this platform and its resources, including threatening former employees with death threats," he stated. According to the delegate, the intimidation aimed to influence statements in investigations and internal audits of the company. "The investigated citizen Lucas Chereze even killed the dog of one of his former employees and had been trying to get them, through intimidation and threats, to lie when they were summoned by the Civil Police, the Judiciary or even in the company's internal audit", he said. An internal audit revealed a loss of approximately R$3 million, including values ​​and other assets diverted. "To date, an internal audit of the former company, victim of this couple, has carried out a survey of approximately 3 million in misappropriated resources and other misappropriated objects that are in the company", he added. Couple from Sul de Minas is suspected of embezzling R$3 million from a betting platform in DF Civil Police According to the police, the preventive detention was ordered after it was identified that the couple had already purchased tickets and were preparing to leave Brazil. During the searches carried out on Saturday, two pistols and a shotgun were seized. Both may be liable for criminal association, embezzlement, money laundering and coercion during the process. Combined, the sentences can reach up to 20 years in prison. Couple from Varginha arrested in Brasília suspected of crime on lottery platform EPTV tried to contact the couple's defense, but did not receive a response until the last update of this report. See more news from the region on g1 Sul de Minas