The Central Bank must appeal to the STF (Supreme Federal Court) against the participation of a director of the regulator in the confrontation ordered by Minister Dias Toffoli in the Banco Master affair. The appeal currently being analyzed by the legal field of the monetary authority is a mandate of mandamus, according to two people who are following the case and were heard by the Leaf.
This Saturday (27), following a request for clarification from the bank, the magistrate reaffirmed the need for confrontation and the participation of a representative of the BC, while affirming that the regulator and director Aílton de Aquino (Supervision) is not under investigation. The hearing is scheduled for Tuesday (30).
BC had asked Toffoli to clarify whether Aquino was summoned to the STF hearing as a witness, accused or offended person.
“Since the subject of the investigation concerns the actions of the national regulatory authority, its participation in the testimonies and confrontations between the respondents is particularly important to clarify the facts,” Toffoli said in the order.
Toffoli’s order informing that neither the Central Bank nor the supervisory director appears to be under investigation in the Master case, however, strengthened the legal arguments against confrontation, an instrument used in the production of criminal evidence.
In addition to Aquino’s participation, the minister ordered the summons of Daniel Vorcaro, owner of Master, and Paulo Henrique Costa, former president of BRB (Banco de Brasília), an institution that made a proposal to purchase the liquidated bank in March.
The format pits Vorcaro and Costa, who are under investigation, against Aquino, one of the officials of the regulatory body responsible for overseeing the actions of Master and BRB. The confrontation was determined directly by the minister, without prior request from investigators.
As shown LeafDias Toffoli reportedly told members of his cabinet that he intends to clarify when the Central Bank became aware of the suspicions regarding Master’s operations, the bank securities market surveillance measures and determine those responsible for the failures of the process.
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