The Federal Police (PF) found accounting spreadsheets belonging to businessman Cicero Marcelino de Souza Santos (featured image)It is considered the “financial arm” of the criminal organization behind the National Confederation of Family Farmers (CONAF). According to the National Social Security Fund, the association transferred R$640.9 million from the National Social Security Institute (INSS), in the scheme unveiled by the government. Capitals.
In documents seized in the operation launched on Thursday (13/11), investigators identified nicknames used to hide the real names of bribe recipients holding positions at INSS.
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Former benefits manager Andre Paulo Felix Fidelis appears under the codename “Hero A”, and former lawyer Virgilio Antonio Ribeiro de Oliveira Filho is called “Hero V”, “Friend V” or “The Lawyer”. The former president of the organization, Alessandro Stefanotto, was nicknamed “The Italian.” According to PF, nicknames were also used in letters exchanged between Conafer members.
The report says: “E-mails exchanged between members of the financial core and the entity’s managers address “accountability” through spreadsheets containing the titles of beneficiaries (…) which contain values similar to those used in corporate accounts.”
Stefanotto’s bribe was paid through a pizzeria and law offices in the south of the country. He earned R$250,000 per month.
Andre Fidelis also used the office of his son, Eric Fidelis, a lawyer who testified Thursday before the INSS’s CPMI, a collegial body created in Congress to investigate fraud in undeserved pension reductions, uncovered by the FBI. Capitals.
Virgilio Oliveira Filho used the consulting companies of his wife, Thesa Hoffmann Jonasson. The couple was arrested on Thursday. The office said in a statement that the former public prosecutor “spontaneously presented himself to the Federal Police on this date,” and that “the voluntary submission demonstrates respect for institutions and the client’s commitment to contribute to clarifying the facts.”
the Capitals Research the defenses of Marcelino, Stefanotto and Fidelis. The field remains open for demonstrations.
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