Heiress and businesswoman Roberta Moreira Luchsinger was the target of a search and seizure warrant this Thursday 18, as part of the Federal Police operation investigating new suspicions of embezzlement of pensions from the National Institute of Social Security (INSS). The investigation identified transfers from businessman Antônio Camilo Antunes – known as Careca do INSS – to Roberta.
According to the PF, a consultancy firm linked to Careca of the INSS allegedly transferred R$1.5 million to a company belonging to Roberta, in five successive payments of R$300,000. The businesswoman, friend of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s son, Fábio Luís da Silva, began using an electronic ankle bracelet, in accordance with the judicial order.
In a note, Roberta’s defense states that she “never had any relationship with undue discounts from the INSS” and claims that she was approached by Antônio Camilo Antunes to provide services in the regulation of companies in the cannabidiol sector. Antunes’ defense did not comment.
Roberta Luchsinger has around 24,000 followers on Instagram, where she often posts images of luxury items, international travel, and political protests against former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) and his allies. After Bolsonaro’s conviction by the Federal Court (STF), she wrote: “Today is one of the most important days of our democracy. Although young, he showed himself strong. Brazil has won! Never again dictatorship.”
In her profile biography, Roberta uses the hashtag #ComLulaPelaJustiçaPeloBrasil. In 2018, she was a candidate for state deputy of the PT, declared assets of 1.5 million reais to the electoral court and served as an alternate. Roberta is the heir to the founding family of Credit Suisse – her grandfather is Peter Paul Arnold Luchsinger, a former shareholder of the bank.
In 2017, Roberta promised to give R$500,000 to former President Lula, in cash and luxury items. During the same period, she accumulated a debt of R$232,000 in condominium fees for the property where she lived, an amount corresponding to approximately three years of default. He also owed R$62,000 to a decoration store, which took legal action to recover it. At the time, the court prohibited him from giving money to Lula before paying the debt. Contacted on this subject, the defense did not respond.
Last year, the São Paulo Justice Court (TJ-SP) ordered Roberta to pay R$70,000 in moral damages to senator Sergio Moro (União-PR) and federal deputy Rosangela Moro (União-SP) for crimes published on social networks. The decision also ordered the deletion of the messages within five days, under penalty of a daily fine of R$10,000. The businesswoman’s defense appealed the sentence, but the appeal was stayed.
Contacted, Sergio Moro described this decision as “a victory for Justice in the face of the slander of the PT socialite,” he said. Rosangela Moro did not return. Roberta’s defense has made no comment on the matter.
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