Minister André Mendonça, of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), met this Friday (13) with members of the Federal Police (PF) to learn about the investigations involving Banco Master.
The meeting lasted about two hours. During the meeting, the minister and the delegates responsible for the case defined the procedures that will be adopted in the next stages of the investigation.
The meeting marked André Mendonça’s first contact with the investigation into the fraud that occurred at Master.
From now on, the next steps of the investigation will be led by the minister, who is also the rapporteur of the investigation that deals with undue discounts on association fees in the benefits of retirees and pensioners from the National Social Security Institute (INSS).
The minister became rapporteur of the case, this Thursday (12), after Dias Toffoli asked to leave the case report.
Toffoli’s departure was decided during a meeting in which the Court’s ministers were informed that there were mentions of the minister’s name in messages found on banker Daniel Vorcaro’s cell phoneowner of the Master, whose device was seized during a PF search and seizure.
Investigation
In November 2025, banker Daniel Vorcaro and other defendants were the target of Operation Compliance Zero, launched by the PF to investigate the granting of false credits by Banco Master, including the attempted purchase of the financial institution by Banco de Brasília (BRB), a public bank linked to the government of the Federal District.
According to investigations, fraud could reach R$17 billion.
