The Mixed Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPMI) that investigates the illegal discounts of beneficiaries of the National Institute of Social Security (INSS) approved on Thursday (2) an application to request the preventive arrest of the president of the National Confederation of Family Farmers and Rural Family Entrepreneurs (Conofer), Carlos Roberto Ferreira Lopes. Lopes deposed in the collegiate on Tuesday (30) and It was arrested by CPMI for false testimony, but was released later.
Authored by the rapporteur, Deputy Alfredo Gaspar (União-AL), the request calls for pre-trial detention or the adoption of other precautionary measures against Lopes. The request will be sent to the Supreme Court (STF) Minister André Mendonça.
Conafer is pointed out as one of the organizations that moved funds from retirees and beneficiaries who were associated with the entity.
In his request, Gaspar points out that data from the Financial Activities Control Board (COAF) show numerous transfers of values pulverized to various individuals and legal entities, being mostly linked to Carlos Roberto. According to the rapporteur, this demonstrates a vicious money laundering cycle.
According to Gaspar, Carlos Roberto was unable to justify, throughout his testimony to CPMI, the lawful origin of the transferred financial resources and the regularity of the allegedly carried out legal business.
“There are transfers of more than one hundred and forty million reais sent by Conafer to several individuals and legal entities linked to Mr. Cícero Marcelino, advisor of Mr. Carlos Roberto. Financial movements, thus outlined, are superior to the economic profile informed. It should be noted that Mr. Cícero Marcelino figures as advisor of Mr. Carlos Roberto Ferreira Lopes with such banking operations. Mobile application directly by Cicero himself, under the supervision of Carlos, ”he said.
Gaspar also said that the signs of authorship are sufficient and the materiality proof is robust to pre -trial detention.
“With regard to the grounds, the danger of escape from the investigated Carlos Roberto is evident, substantiating the application of criminal law. Regarding the guarantee of public order, the investigated demonstrates the possibility of maintaining criminal practice, promoting the retirees’ association for payment of commission to fundraising agents, according to information brought in the investigated statement before CPMI,” he said.
“In the same vein, the breadth of the alleged services provided by Conafer, according to the deponent himself, may indicate the maintenance of the crime of money laundering and criminal organization with misappropriation of purpose in other areas of action of the entity, recommending the precautionary arrest to avoid continued criminal practices,” he said.
Calls
CPMI also approved the summons of former INSS server to testify about fraud in retirees and pensioners discounts. Among them is the former attorney general of the federal prosecutor specialized with the INSS Virgílio Antônio Ribeiro de Oliveira Filho.
He was removed from office as soon as the Federal Police launched the operation without a discount to investigate the unauthorized associative discounts scheme.
In addition to the former attorney, his wife, Thaisa Hoffmann Jonasson, and sister Maria Paula Xavier da Fonseca Oliveira, were also summoned on Thursday. There are evidence that they would have received resources from companies related to the investigated associations. The testimonials will still be scheduled.
