The Federal Attorney General’s Office (AGU) has filed two more sets of lawsuits against 16 entities suspected of being involved in the billion-dollar plan for improper rebates against retirees of the National Social Security Institute (INSS), revealed by the Metropolises.
Together, the 16 associations collected 4.9 billion reais, according to data from the federal government’s transparency portal. It is not possible to say that all of this funding was obtained by fraud, as part of the resources could have been collected through regular memberships.
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Understand the case
- The AGU was already investigating 24 other associations involved in fraud and three technology companies used to validate false authentications by fraudulent associations. With these new actions, 40 entities of Farra do INSS are under investigation by the agency.
- These actions come after the agreement signed in July this year, at the Federal Court (STF), authorizing compensation for victims.
- The amount billed refers to payments made through November and may be updated as INSS consolidates data on other payments.
- To date, the AGU has requested the blocking of R$6.6 billion, of which R$4.4 billion has already been blocked by injunctions. In addition to this amount, the blocking of 17 properties and 76 vehicles was requested.
- The INSS informs that it has so far reimbursed R$2.7 billion to 4 million beneficiaries who contested the reductions.
Entities targeted by AGU actions in December
Fourth batch
- National Confederation of Rural Workers and Family Farmers (Contag)
- National Union of Retirees of Brazil (Sinab)
- Interstate Federation of Railway Workers (FITF/CNTT/CUT)
- National Confederation of Family Farming Workers (Contraf)
- Association of Central-West Railway Traffic Servers (ASTRE)
- Union of Retired and Pensioners of Brazil (SindaPB)
- Mongeral Aegon Longevity Institute (USA)
- National Union of Retired Workers, Pensioners and Elderly People (Sintapi-CUT)
Third batch
- National Union of Retirees, Pensioners and Elderly People of the UGT (Sindiapi-UGT)
- Brazilian Association of Retirees and Pensioners of the Nation (Abapen)
- Brazilian Association of Support for Pensioners and Retirees (Ambapen/Abenprev)
- Brazilian Association of RGPS Taxpayers (Abrasprev)
- National Union of Retired and Retired Workers (Sintraap)
- Ibero-American Network of Associations of Elderly People in Brazil (Riamm)
- Association of Retirees of Brazil – (AAB)
- Brazilian Union of Retired Retirees – (UniBrasil)
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