The Federal Police and the Securities and Exchange Commission will investigate a possible crime of manipulation against the capital market, after the publication, on social media, of false information involving monetary policy, the Central Bank and the future president of the BC, Gabriel Gallipolo.
The investigation will take place at the request of the Attorney General’s Office. Last Tuesday (17), a series of posts with false statements by Galípolo were identified on a profile on X. The allegations were denied by the Central Bank, but gained repercussion in profiles of economic analysts, which ended up impacting the dollar exchange rate.
The National Prosecutor’s Office of the Union for the Defense of Democracy argues that this fake news directly interferes with market perception and compromises the effectiveness of the exchange rate stabilization policy.
“Demonstrations on digital platforms cannot be held to generate disinformation about public policies or undermine the legitimacy of democratic institutions”, argued the national attorney for the Union for the Defense of Democracy, Karina Nathércia Lopes.
Galípolo is director of Monetary Policy at the Central Bank and was nominated for the presidency of the BC by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. He is expected to take office in January.
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