The Attorney General’s Office (AGU) will notify, later this Wednesday (15), the Federal Police to investigate those responsible for the wave of fake news related to the taxation of Pix. The body will also ask the National Consumer Secretariat (Senacon) of the Ministry of Justice to investigate abusive additional charges by traders who established different prices between Pix and cash.
The Union’s attorney general, Jorge Messias, announced the measures, shortly after the Minister of Finance, Fernando Haddad, and the special secretary of the Federal Revenue, Robinson Barreirinhas, announced the revocation of the normative instruction that modernized inspection of financial transactions and the issuance of a provisional measure to reinforce Pix’s free services, banking secrecy and tax exemption.
“We have determined that the Attorney General’s Office of the Union must notify the Federal Police today to open a police investigation to identify all the actors on social media who generated this informational disorder, created this narrative and caused people in good faith, traders and citizens in general fell for the coup against the popular economy”, said Messias.
The AGU, Messias reported, identified at least two types of crimes. The crime against the popular economy and the crime of fraud and misrepresentation by fraudsters who used false messages with the symbols of the Federal Revenue Service, the Ministry of Finance and the federal government to charge false taxes on the use of Pix.
Regarding abusive practices by traders, Messias reported that the AGU notified Senacon to open an investigation to investigate all crimes related to consumer relations. He also asked Senacon and state Procons to promote campaigns on the use of Pix and disseminate correct information to the population.
“These campaigns are necessary so that the population is protected and no longer falls for new scams using Pix”, explained Messias.
This morning, the Minister of Finance, Fernando Haddad, had announced that the government intended to take legal action against the wave of fake news associated with a Pix tax and against fraudsters who carry out scams.
“AGU was involved to take legal action against the coup plotters. Those who are spreading fake news are sponsoring criminal organizations in the country, which are acting, sending bills to people’s homes, unduly overcharging, saying that they are being taxed,” said Haddad.
