Investigated for alleged involvement in a billion-dollar scheme for undeserved rebates against retirees of the National Institute of Social Security (INSS), former Social Security Secretary José Carlos Oliveira, now called Ahmed Mohamed Oliveira, retired on October 6 by the Directorate of Personnel Management, headed at that time on an interim basis by Evelyn Barreto Leitao, sister of Fortaleza’s mayor, Evandro Leitao (PT).
One month after Oliveira was granted voluntary retirement, Evelyn was appointed Director of the Department, under an order signed by the Minister of the Civil House, Rui Costa (PT). The change occurred during the holiday of the Institute’s President, Gilberto Waller, and was made by the agency’s alternate head, Lea Bracey, who was empowered within the Institute by the Minister of Social Security, Lenny Quiroz (PDT).
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As described in Tasio Laurent’s column, from CapitalsOliveira’s retirement raised suspicions, as the former Minister of Social Security and former head of the INSS in the government of Jair Bolsonaro (PL) was reacting to the disciplinary administrative process (PAD) at the Controller General of the Union (CGU). In a memo, the National Institute of National Security stated, 20 days after Oliveira’s retirement, that “there is no information that José Carlos Oliveira responds to administrative disciplinary actions in any body, including the CGU.”
the Capitals It found that the internal investigation was initiated at the CGU, not at INSS, precisely because of suspicions about the influence that the now-retired former minister could exercise at the institute. The retirement was granted on October 6, but took effect on 10/28. Oliveira was a career civil servant and held the position of Social Security Technician on the INSS staff, with a salary of R$11,705.84. He will keep 100% of his salary upon retirement.
Implications for CPMI
Oliveira retired amid investigations into the $1 billion undeserved rebate scheme he uncovered Capitals He was interrogated within INSS CPMI. He was not the target of Operation Without Deduction, launched by the Federal Police in April this year, but during his administration several INSS entities were allowed to exercise associative deductions directly on pensioners’ salaries.
Federal Rep. Alencar Santana (PT-SP), a member of the committee, said: “There was a former minister, a former president of INSS, a former benefits director, a former supervisor in São Paulo, who retired, who certainly fled the outcome of this CPMI. He is a professional employee of INSS, he participated in the conspiracy – the truth will come, there are many signs of documents – and he retired, perhaps he was a fugitive. It is Mr. Oliveira.”
He added: “But the CGU has already opened a lawsuit against him, which is an administrative process. I will request studies by INSS to suspend his pension, because he wants to avoid punishment, but he wants to continue receiving his pension afterward, the pension that he stole from millions of Brazilian men and women, or helped to steal.”
Who is Jose Carlos Oliveira?
- Former Social Security Minister José Carlos Oliveira, who changed his name to Ahmed Mohamed Oliveira after converting to Islam, has worked at the institute since 1985. Before becoming a minister in Jair Bolsonaro’s government, Oliveira was president of the institute and supervisor of the body in São Paulo.
- Since the 1990s, Oliveira has had political connections, previously with the Popular Liberation League. Today he is a member of the Social Democratic Party and is running for councilor of São Paulo in the 2024 elections.
- Oliveira was also director of benefits at INSS, the department responsible for signing agreements that allow entities to make bonding discounts. During his time on the Board of Directors, he signed agreements with three associations.
- After that, Oliveira became president of the body, where 17 associations signed a technical cooperation agreement with the institute. Most of the agreements were signed by his successor, Edson Akio Yamada, a partner of Oliveira in a consulting firm.
- the Capitals It also emerged that Oliveira’s brother was shot dead along with Felipe Gomez Macedo’s uncle, former director of the Amar Brasil entity, who was being investigated for unjustified discounts. This episode created a bond of friendship between the Oliveira and Macedo families.
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