Who is involved in the Revit Group tax evasion scheme?

The group’s owner, Magro, was one of the people subject to search and seizure warrants, but since he resides in the United States (in addition to having citizenship and residency in Portugal), his whereabouts have not been determined. In addition to him, his father João Manuel Magro, his grandfather Manuel Joaquim Andrade, and his mother Gabriela Magro were also targets of investigators.

When contacted through the Ricardo Magro law firm, based in Jardines, São Paulo, they had no comment.

In addition to the Magro family, the Tax Authority and the Public Ministry in São Paulo have also knocked on the door of influencer and political commentator Cristiano Moreira Pinto Beraldo, who works for the Jovem Pan network. According to investigations, Beraldo was managing offshore companies in the United States belonging to Ricardo Magro. One such company, Cascais Bay LLC, is run by Alessandra Engel Magro, Ricardo Magro’s wife. Another company, Oceana KB Real Estate LCC, is owned by Ricardo Ma himself

When contacted by Report, Beraldo did not comment. He posted a video clip on social media in which he said that he was surprised that his name was involved in the operation, and stated that he would step away from working as a political commentator. “I was just surprised by the information that my name is on the list of this operation. I don’t know exactly why my name is linked to this operation. I have more than 25 years of work, and I worked hard to earn every penny I earned and prove my professional activity. I specialize in managing and running companies in difficulties and today I work in the United States. I am completely surprised, but I will delve deeper and understand what happened. This is the time when I need to focus on this, and yet I am moving away a lot from my political activity as well as from being a commentator,” he said. Politically.” Jovem Ban declined to comment on the action taken against the employee.

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The charges described were brought by the Public Ministry and supported the search and seizure request decided by Judge Marcia Mayumi Okuda Oshiro, of the Second Court of Tax Offenses, Criminal Organization and Laundering of Goods and Valuables of São Paulo.

– Ricardo Andrade Magro: She is the central figure who is supposed to lead the entire criminal organization. Its activities ranged from multi-billion dollar tax evasion (ICMS-ST) to a complex money laundering scheme. According to the MP, the authorship marks have been removed from the control of the entire ecosystem, since he is a partner in the law firm Magro Advogados, the owner of the technology company Roar Inovação that unifies the operations of all distributors, and a shareholder in several holding companies that control the shielding funds. There is also evidence of their family members and trusted executives being used to interfere in companies, ensuring that their names do not appear directly in operational distributors, but that they retain control and illicit proceeds. When I called him, he did not answer.

– Joao Manuel Magro: He is Ricardo’s father and an intervening legal person, appearing as a partner or director in the group’s old companies, such as Fera Lubrificantes, in order to protect his son from any direct responsibility. When I called him, he did not answer.

– Manuel Joaquim Andrade: He is the grandfather of Ricardo Andrade Magro, and he worked to protect the assets and maintain the family nature of the management. He appears as a partner in the companies that participated in the initial debt (EG Fera Lubrificantes). When I called him, he did not answer.

– Gabriela Magro: Ricardo’s mother is a partner in Edrosa Consultoria e Empreendimentos Ltda, one of the family’s main real estate holding companies, which owns a huge amount of assets. According to the MP, it will be used to accumulate assets acquired from tax evasion profits. When I called him, he did not answer.

Cristiano Beraldo: It maintains offshore companies in the USA (Real Estate Assets, Oceana KB Real Estate, Quantum Bay, Hm Mia, Cascais Bay) that coincide with the addresses of Ricardo Magro, proving, according to the MP also, the continuity of the international protection scheme. He became CEO of J. Global Energy Inc. (Manguinhos partner). Beraldo is one of the commentators on Jovem Pan and asked to leave after the operation conducted against him, which was published by GLOBO. Below is a video explaining the removal.

– Luis Antonio Dias Soares: He is Ricardo Magro’s financial right-hand man, primarily responsible for structuring all protection operations across funds and fintech. He is chairman of Eurovest SA and a shareholder in Eurovest Asset Management, the main entities managing R$72 billion in an atypical move for the group. Luis appears as an officer and partner in several companies in the retail sector (Divino Serviços) and in holding companies in the financial center (such as the one that controls Featbank), proving his role in the creation and operation of money laundering instruments. Luis Antonio Soares spoke through lawyers for one of the companies he owns, Eurovest Group. The defense stated that “it has not yet seen the files in which the decision to launch (the operation) was made” and “all necessary clarifications will be provided to the competent authorities in a timely manner. The Eurovest Group and its representatives deny committing any crime and will cooperate to clarify the facts under investigation.”

– James Gautier of Assisi: He is a key figure who links the endpoint of fraud (retail) to the organization’s accounting matter. He is the accountant responsible for the financial statements of Manguinhos Refinery, Manguinhos Distribuidora and Gasdiesel (the main debtors of the scheme). At the same time, he acts as a director of Mykonos Holding SA, the company created to acquire and operate the Gulf gas station network, ensuring that fraudulent profits are distributed, according to the MP’s investigations, through retail outlets under an international front. When I called him, he did not answer.

– Carlos Eduardo Garcia Cota: He is the trusted executive and manages assets that are later absorbed into the criminal organization’s financial structure. He is a former director of Logfit Logística e Serviços SA (the transportation arm of the Magro family) and was a director of Posto Divino Serviços Automotivos Ltda (Gulf Logo). When I called him, he did not answer.

– Jorge Berdasco Martinez: It is a partner in Magro Advogados Associados which is the main official enforcer for corporate protection. According to the MP, his role goes beyond legal activity, as he actively works in creating the concealment structure. It was he who signed the founding laws of the holding companies (EV2, EV3, PMT) controlling payment institutions with a financial core (Featbank, Rubybank), proving the use of the legal core as a tool for money laundering. In addition, he issued a “legal opinion” that gave the appearance of legitimacy to the suspicious purchase of credit by Saint-Tropez Fidc, linking it directly to the group’s fraudulent financial operations. When I called him, he did not answer.

– Victor Volpato Etruscan: It is a major operator of financial technology. Director of the Group’s 11 payment institutions (Featbank, Rubybank, etc.) and Director of Euro Gestão. He appears in the investigation as responsible for implementing the centralization and mixing of the group’s financial flow. When I called him, he did not answer.

– Pedro Salmeron Carvalho: He is the controller and administrator of the Fidd Group, which is the arm that lends the façade of legitimacy to the investment fund structure of the Refit Group. When I called him, he did not answer.

The massive operation carried out by the Federal Revenue Service with the public ministries of five states aims to dismantle a major scheme involving tax fraud, on Thursday (27) morning, in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, Bahia and Maranhão, as well as the Federal District.

In total, there are 190 targets, with 126 search and seizure warrants issued against individuals and companies linked to Revit Group, owner of the former Manguinhos refinery in Rio de Janeiro, and dozens of companies in the fuel sector. The group is headed by businessman Ricardo Magro, and is the largest ICMS city in the state of São Paulo and one of the largest in the federation.