Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the Supreme Federal Court (STF), published, Tuesday evening (23/12), a note giving details of the meetings between him and the president of the Central Bank (BC), Gabriel Galípolo. Moraes revealed the dates of the meetings and claims that they did not discuss the situation at Banco Master.
The STF minister specified that there had been two meetings “to discuss the effects of the application of the Magnistiki law” against him. The first meeting, on August 14, followed the first application of the law, on July 30. The second meeting, on September 30, followed the sanction applied by the United States against his wife, lawyer Viviane Barci de Moraes, on September 22.
“In none of the meetings was any issue discussed or pressure exerted regarding the acquisition of Banco Master by BRB,” Moraes says. “He also specifies that he has never been to the Central Bank and that there was no telephone connection between them, for this or for any other subject,” the minister specifies in the note.
Finally, Moraes stressed that his wife’s law firm, hired to provide services to the bank, “never participated in the acquisition operation of BRB-Master before the Central Bank.”
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Moraes’ note was published as part of the report by columnist Malu Gaspar, who, on his blog in the newspaper O Globo, this Monday (22/12), said that the STF minister had requested Galípolo to deal with Banco Master. According to the publication, there were at least four meetings in which Moraes interceded with the president of British Columbia in favor of Daniel Vorcaro’s financial institution. Of the four meetings, three took place in person and one by telephone.
Moraes also mentioned that, “due to the application of the Magnitsky Act,” he received for meetings, in his own office, the president of the Central Bank, the president of Banco do Brasil and the president and vice president of legal affairs of Banco Itaú. “In addition, he participated in a joint meeting with the presidents of the National Confederation of Financial Institutions, Febraban, BTG and the vice-presidents of Santander and Itaú,” he added.
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