The testimony of the owner of the Master, Daniel Vorcaro, before the Federal Police (PF) lasted approximately two and a half hours this Tuesday, at the Federal Court (STF). It was then that the former president of Banco de Brasília (BRB), Paulo Henrique Costa, began to make himself heard. It is expected that the hearing of the director of the Central Bank Inspection, Ailton de Aquino Santos, will still take place.
After the end of the testimonies, the PF will decide whether to confront the three, as determined by Minister Dias Toffoli, of the STF. The hearings are accompanied by a deputy judge from his office.
The three will be heard because Vorcaro tried to sell Master to BRB Bank, a state bank owned by the Federal District (DF) government, in a deal that BC vetoed in September. Two months later, Vorcaro was arrested and British Columbia decreed the liquidation of the bank amid suspicions of fraudulent operations worth around 12 billion reais.
The investigation began at the Federal Court of Brasilia, but was transferred to the STF on Toffoli’s orders, after the PF found a document that cited a real estate negotiation between Vorcaro and a federal deputy.
On Saturday, Toffoli said Ailton de Aquino Santos was not under investigation in the matter, responding to a request for clarification from the Central Bank. Despite this, the minister stressed that the investigation “is linked to the actions of the national regulatory authority.”
Last week, the minister also rejected a request from the PGR to cancel the confrontation.
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