The president of the National Confederation of Family Farmers (Conofer), Carlos Roberto Ferreira Lopes, was arrested at dawn on Wednesday (30) on charges of false testimony, after more than nine hours of testimony in the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPMI) that investigates the illegal discounts of beneficiaries of the National Institute of Social Security (INS).
Soon after, during this dawn, he was released at the Senate Legislative Police Station. Asked, the Senate press office did not answer if there was bail for release the detainee.
Carlos Roberto Ferreira Lopes was called to CPMI as a witness, which forced him to tell the truth. After requests from parliamentarians who accused him of lying in his statement, the committee chairman, Senator Carlos Viana (Somos-MG), requested the arrest of the deponent.
“He deliberately lied to CPMI. He tried in every way to convince us that it was a perfectly cool and correct operation. It is not. We know very well that this is money laundering, retired money,” said the senator.
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Contradictions
Senator Carlos Viana justified the president of the President of Conafer stating that he omitted information and that he would have contradicted Speaking of the increase in the collection of Conafer, his own asset gain, and about members of the company.
During the testimony, Carlos Roberto Ferreira Lopes denied participation in frauds in the discounts of Conofer members. He maintained that the organization is not closed and made the commission available to provide further information.
“Both me and the Confederation, we are fully disposed of, to deliver documents and clarification as soon as required,” he said before being arrested by CPMI.
Confer is among the entities with the highest volume of discounts on retirees’ monthly fees, according to an investigation by the Federal Police. Between 2019 and 2024, the collection of the entity with associative discounts would have grown from R $ 6.6 million to more than R $ 40 million, a year.
THE Brazil agency Try to contact Carlos Lopes’s defense and sent an information request to Conafer’s advisory, but did not get a return until this report was closed.
Meeting of the INSS Inquiry Joint Parliamentary Commission (CPMI) to take testimonials from Carlos Roberto Ferreira Lopes, president of the National Confederation of Family Farmers and Rural Family Entrepreneurs (Conafer). LULA MARQUES/ BRAASIL AGENCY.
Second arrest
This is the second prison that occurs in the INSS CPMI. The first was by businessman Rubens Oliveira Costa, also accused of lying in the commission. Costa is appointed as a partner of businessman Antonio Carlos Antunes, known as the INSS Bald and investigated as an alleged operator of the corruption scheme. He says he only provided legal services to associations and denies the accusation.
As in this dawn arrest, Rubens was released hours after being determined by the CPMI president.
