A 31-year-old model who drowned after partying on a yacht in Miami may have fled Brazil after being involved in a multi-million dollar scam with her former husband, Brazilian authorities said
Adriana Vieria, whose body was found floating near Key Biscayne on September 21, and her husband, Roberto Tersário, were among two couples who masterminded the scheme, which included targeting customers who paid for products that were never delivered.
The ring, which was dismantled in June 2020, sold electronic products ranging from mobile phones to televisions sold at retail through a company called 123 Importados.
The company was registered under the name Felipe da Silva and was made legitimate by recording customers who had actually received the purchased items and running advertisements on Brazilian television so that potential buyers could have a sense of ‘safety’.
More than 7,000 customers were tricked into paying for products that were never delivered, researchers found.
Brazilian authorities alleged that late model Adriana Vieria and her ex-husband were involved in a multi-million dollar scam involving customers who bought electronic products they never received and investors who were defrauded in a Ponzi scheme.
Brazilian model Adriana Vieria drowned in Miami on September 21 after jumping from the yacht rented by a famous rapper in Miami
On June 30, 2020, São Paulo Civil Police obtained seven arrest warrants and arrested da Silva at a mansion in the suburbs of São Paulo.
Vieria and Tersário avoided capture by fleeing Brazil a year earlier, settling in Florida and often posting photos of their illicit wealth on social media.
The couple also reportedly owned several companies, including Bitcoin Investment, which was used to defraud customers in a Ponzi scheme that guaranteed investors a profit of between 1 and 1.5 percent.
Authorities in Brazil contacted their counterparts in the United States, but Vieria and Tersário were somehow never apprehended.
DailyMail.com contacted São Paulo Civil Police for comment.
Adriana Vieira shared on her Instagram account a photo from the yacht party she attended on September 21 before drowning while swimming with a group of partygoers
Adriana Vieria’s body remains in a Miami mortuary, her mother said in a recent interview
Vieria’s mother, Lourdes Vieira, knew something was wrong when she saw her and her husband frequently switching homes.
“I just suspected that because no one gets rich overnight, no one lives such a luxurious life,” her mother told Brazilian news channel Record TV.
Vieria, who was not fluent in English, started doing odd jobs when the money dried up before the marriage broke up and Tersário abandoned her and returned to Brazil.
To raise her son, Vieria started dancing in Miami nightclubs and started selling adult content on OnlyFans.
Lourdes Vieira is now working to repatriate the body of her daughter, who drowned after a party on a famous rapper’s yacht.
In 2019, Adriana Vieira and her ex-husband reportedly fled Brazil when authorities began investigating them for being one of two couples who masterminded the scam of more than 7,000 people who were sold electronic items below retail price, but never received it.
The late Brazilian model Adriana Vieria worked odd jobs and sold adult content on OnlyFans
A police report revealed that Adriana Vieria had joined a group for a swim around 8:30 PM on September 21 before they warned her to return to the boat due to the presence of a jellyfish.
The young woman remained in the water and was found floating near Biscayne Bay ten minutes later. She was rushed to a local hospital and pronounced dead at 9:30 p.m.
Lourdes Vieira said her daughter’s body is still in a Miami mortuary and they are working to repatriate it back to Brazil.
Her grandson is currently being cared for by a nanny Adriana Vieria hired. The boy’s father is currently working on obtaining a visa to bring him home.