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The Rio prosecutor’s office says they have found evidence that the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God was used to launder money derived from corruption in the government of Marcelo Crivella of the Republicans. The researchers cited atypical movements of almost R $ 6 billion in one year in Universal’s accounts.
A man who does not hold a public position, nor is he a subcontracted employee of the city government, has a clear ancestry over the mayor of Rio, Marcelo Crivella. This is what the investigation of the Public Ministry of Rio shows.
Behind the scenes of power, the interlocutors call Rafael Alves a “suicide bomber.” The investigation found conversations between Rafael Alves and marketer Marcello Faulhaber, who advised Crivella.
According to the Public Ministry, at that time, in 2018, Rafael Alves showed some frustration with the spaces occupied in the government. He says in the messages that he will be able to reveal to the authorities all the corruption and money laundering schemes that occur in the government and the direct participation of Marcelo Crivella, his family and the church, according to the Public Ministry, in reference to the Universal Church of the Kingdom. of God.
In messages, Rafael Alves says: “Nego destroys a politician. I run a church. I just don’t want you messing with my brother or being my space. Doing that. I destroy it. Church. Etc “. And he continues:” If it touches Riotur, I will destroy it. Church. Family “.
Rafael Alves’ brother, Marcelo Alves, directed Riotur until March of this year.
In addition to the statements of Rafael Alves, who links the church with grandiose revelations, the Public Ministry investigates atypical movements of billions of dollars revealed in a Coaf financial intelligence report that analyzed information from the CNPJ of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God.
Coaf identified that they identified financial movements of the church of more than R $ 5.9 billion, from May 5, 2018 to April 30, 2019. The document includes cash inflows and outflows and bank transfers.
The fact that there are atypical movements does not necessarily mean the occurrence of a crime, but the Public Ministry says that “it is credible to conclude that the religious entity is being used as an instrument for money laundering as a consequence of the endemic corruption installed in the leadership of the municipal administration “. .
The Public Ministry also mentions the participation of Mauro Macedo and Marcelo Crivella with the Universal Church. Mauro Macedo is the cousin of Edir Macedo, founder of the Universal Church. He was treasurer of Crivella’s campaigns and, according to the Public Ministry, recruited businessmen to participate in the most varied corruption schemes. Marcelo Crivella is a licensed bishop of the Universal Church.
According to the investigation, the messages found on Rafael Alves’ cell phones reveal that he had privileged information and interfered in the most varied spheres of government during the Crivella administration.
Authorities say Rafael Alves acted to prevent the demolition of part of Senator Romário’s house, Vamos, in a luxury condominium in the western part of the city.
In March 2018, a report signed by three experts from the Municipal Urban Planning Department determined that the works, which were already seized, continued to be carried out in a public area. The consequence, according to the report, would be the immediate demolition of the irregular works.
A week after the report was issued, Rafael Alves wrote to Mayor Crivella: “So now I found out that Romário’s house will be demolished tomorrow. If you can, try to hold on to it. He called me here and was our partner ”. The mayor responded: “Sure, friend. Give me the address “.
The investigation indicates that after managing to convince Mayor Marcelo Crivella to review a legitimate act of the municipal administration to serve exclusively private interests, Rafael Alves told the story to the money changer and whistleblower Sérgio Mizrahy, saying: “They were going to demolish the house of Romario. I did not do it. They asked me for help and I decided with the mayor ”. The part of the work that, according to experts, Romário built in the public area, remains standing today.
The documents show that Rafael Alves’ influence led the mayor to meddle in an issue Marcelo Crivella rarely engages in: carnival. In the last four years, the city of Rio has significantly reduced annual transfers to samba schools.
And, contrary to tradition, Crivella never handed over the keys to the city to King Momo. But messages from Rafael Alves show that the mayor interfered with the results of the 2018 parades.
In a letter, Crivella said the city would have nothing to oppose the invitation for the last placed to remain in the Elite Group. After the letter, Grande Rio and Império Serrano were not demoted.
Rafael Alves took a photo of the moment the mayor signed the letter, sent it to the money changer Sérgio Mizrahy and celebrated by saying: “Then everyone saw that I was in charge. The pen is mine, not a or b, but yes, only mine ”.
This level of influence exercised over the mayor by a person who is not even a civil servant led Judge Rosa Helena Guita, who is in charge of the case, to say in the decision: “The submission of the mayor to Rafael Alves is scary.”
Rafael Alves’ defense said it refuted the accusations, which it called hasty. And he said that he has been trying, for more than nine months, to provide clarifications to the Public Ministry of Rio.
HE JN They contacted the Universal Church and Senator Romario, but he has not returned yet. And he could not contact Mauro Macedo.
This Saturday, Mayor Marcelo Crivella released videos to defend himself against the prosecution’s accusations. He denied political interference to prevent the demolition of Romário’s house, but did not respond to the MP’s main complaints.
“There is no complaint from money changers, stock exchange, city officials, contractors, there are no foreign accounts, nothing was found in my house or in my office, in a bank or on my cell phone. I am accused of everything. I am not guilty of anything.
Here are my secretaries, the deputy mayor of the city council, the controller general, who have worked with me for the last three years. They are responsible for all bids that I am absolutely sure were made in the sacred interest of the people. I know each one of them and I defend them as myself. They are career servants. The one with the least age is more than 30 years old.
I was the one who decreed the inadequacy of the Yellow Line, Lamsa and Invepar, and of all the contractors of the over-invoiced Olympic works that have already been reported in Lava Jato. I was the one who demanded in court that they return billions of dollars diverted. And that annoys a lot of people. I created the integrity system of Rio de Janeiro and opened a disciplinary process against all the convicted employees at Lava Jato.
It was I who filed a lawsuit against the OS (Social Organizations), which practiced illicit health and prohibited them from contracting with the public sector and OS IABAS fined R $ 26 million ”, said Marcelo Crivella, Republicans, Mayor of Rio de Janeiro.
Mayor Marcelo Crivella criticized Globo’s report on the complaints from the State Public Ministry and the Civil Police and affirmed that they have the objective of interfering in the electoral process. In its reports, Globo remained absolutely faithful to what the prosecutors said and to the documents that supported the operation, with no other purpose than to inform the public.
