President Lula’s former daughter-in-law was the target of search and seizure by the Federal Police on Wednesday (12) on suspicion of having worked to release resources from the FNDE (National Fund for the Development of Education), a body linked to the Ministry of Education, to a company suspected of embezzlement and tender fraud.
Carla Arian Trindade, whom the National Front calls “a person of alleged influence in the federal government,” was married to Marcos Claudio Lula da Silva, the president’s son.
According to investigations, Carla Trindade traveled to Brasilia at least twice with tickets paid for by the owner of Life Tecnologia Educacional, a company suspected of an embezzlement and overbilling scheme at city halls in the interior of São Paulo.
When the report contacted the Ministry of Education and the press secretariat of Palacio do Planalto, they did not comment. Carla’s defense said that she “requested to see the records and will not comment until full knowledge of the investigation.” Defense of Life has not been located.
The decision authorizing the search and seizure against Lula’s former daughter-in-law was initially published in and obtained by the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo Bound.
According to investigations, she went to Brasilia to defend the private interests of the owner of the life with public bodies, especially in the search for resources and contracts. In Malik’s memoirs, Life, Carla is called a “daughter-in-law.”
In the municipality of Somare (SP) alone, the National Front found that between 2021 and 2023 (partly under the government of Jair Bolsonaro and partly under Lula) about R$52 million was transferred to the company, partly with resources from Fundeb (Fund for Maintenance and Development of Basic Education), and that it continued to receive payments in 2024.
Wednesday’s operation, called Coffee Break, was carried out in partnership with the CGU (Controller General of the Union), investigating tender fraud and misappropriation of funds in education at city halls.
According to the CGU, 50 search and seizure warrants were executed in São Paulo, Paraná and the Federal District.
At one target in São Paulo, the National Police confiscated R$2.1 million in cash.
“Investigations revealed evidence of crimes against public administration, including bid fraud, active and passive corruption, as well as overbilling and influence peddling,” a statement from the Comptroller’s Office said.
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