The defense of the former president of Banco de Brasília (BRB), Paulo Henrique Costa, is waiting for the Federal Police (PF) to summon the executive for a new statement in the investigation investigating financial fraud involving the public institution and Banco Master.
According to lawyer Cleber Lopes, the scheduling of Costa’s hearing was requested from federal delegate Janaína Palazzo on December 30, 2025, the day on which the former president of BRB and banker Daniel Vorcaro were subjected to confrontation, at the Federal Supreme Court (STF).
Determined by Minister Dias Toffoli, of the STF, then rapporteur of the investigation investigating fraud at Banco Master and the attempted purchase of assets from Vorcaro’s bank by BRB, the confrontation is used to compare different versions of a fact under investigation. Toffoli left the process rapporteur last weekbeing replaced by minister André Mendonça.
“After the hearing held at the STF, we asked the delegate presiding over the investigation to assign a date for the testimony, as on that occasion, the objective was only to clarify possible contradictions”, informed the executive’s lawyer, in a note released this Wednesday (18).
“The delegate agreed to this and we are just waiting for her to set the date”, stated Lopes, denying that the former BRB president is considering entering into a plea bargain agreement with the courts. According to the defense, this hypothesis is nothing more than speculation.
Consulted by the report, the PF has not yet commented on the matter.
Costa, Vorcaro and other defendants were targets of the so-called Operation Compliance Zero, which the PF launched in November 2025, to investigate the granting of false credits by Banco Master, including the attempted purchase of the financial institution by Banco Regional de Brasília (BRB), a public bank linked to the government of the Federal District. According to investigations, fraud could reach R$17 billion.
