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A former adviser to Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (Republicans-RJ) in the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro admitted to the Public Ministry that she returned most of his salary to retired military policeman Fabrício Queiroz, who was designated as operator of the “cracked” scheme under I send. by the son of President Jair Bolsonaro.
Luiza Souza Paes was the first former employee of the senator to confirm the scheme described by the Public Ministry and give details about its operation.
The testimony of the former adviser was revealed by the newspaper O Globo and confirmed by leaf. It is part of the complaint he filed on Tuesday (3) against the senator for leading a criminal organization for the practice of embezzlement, money laundering and embezzlement.
In addition to him and Queiroz, 15 other people reported.
Luiza testified in September before the MP-RJ. He said that he transferred about R $ 160 thousand to Queiroz through deposits and cash delivery. The MP-RJ had already identified R $ 155.7 thousand in transfers from him to the retired prime minister.
The former adviser was only appointed for one year in Flávio’s office, but then he held positions in the Assembly structure, such as TV Alerj and the Department of Plans and Budgets.
The amount represents about 90% of what you received. He only earned R $ 700 per month, according to the MP-RJ. According to testimony, he returned not only his take-home salary, but also the benefits paid by the Assembly and even the return of income tax.
She says she found out about the plan the day she was appointed to the position, in August 2011. Luiza said she was employed at the office when she completed the Statistics course. He had asked Queiroz, his father’s friend, for an internship.
A friend of the president for more than 30 years, Queiroz is designated as responsible for collecting the salaries of an employee of the former Flávio office and paying the senator’s personal expenses with the “crack” money.
Preventively detained on June 18, the retired prime minister complies with the precautionary measure in the original regime thanks to a court order from Minister Gilmar Mendes, of the STF.
Queiroz was the focus of the investigation started in January 2018 against Flávio. That month, the MP-RJ received a report from Coaf pointing out the unusual movement of R $ 1.2 million between January 2016 and January 2017.
In addition to the volume handled, attention was drawn to the way in which the transactions were carried out: cash deposits and withdrawals on dates close to the payment of the Assembly’s employees.
The investigation, conducted by Gaecc as of February 2019, found that Queiroz received deposits from at least 13 former Flávio advisers and withdrew the funds shortly thereafter.
The Prosecutor’s Office identified deposits of R $ 2 million from 2007 to 2018, a period in which the retired prime minister was employed in Flávio’s office.
In the same interval, Queiroz made withdrawals totaling R $ 2.9 million, which raised suspicions among prosecutors that other unidentified cabinet officials were also making transfers to the operator.
The researchers also point to the possibility of direct cash delivery to Queiroz, in order to avoid the registration of transfers in banking institutions.
The precautionary measures obtained by the Public Ministry also showed that, from 2007 to 2018, the former assistants of Flávio in the Rio Assembly took more than R $ 7 million from their accounts. In some cases, retirements accounted for 99% of their salaries.
Gaecc assures that there are indications that all this collection was destined to personal expenses of the son of the president.
Prosecutors point out that the payment for the children’s schools and the senator’s family health plan was made, in most cases, in cash, totaling more than R $ 280,000 from 2013 to 2018.
The investigation, however, indicated two models of money laundering with larger amounts. The MP-RJ indicated indications that the senator used the chocolate shop of which he was a partner to launder up to R $ 1.6 million through cash deposits.
According to the Prosecutor’s Office, the volume of payments that the company receives with funds in kind is above the average practiced in this market.
Another means of money laundering indicated by the MP-RJ was the sale of two apartments between 2012 and 2014.
Prosecutors indicated throughout the investigation that Flávio and his wife, Fernanda, paid R $ 638 thousand in cash “out” to the seller of the property, a practice that bypasses public records to use money without justified origin.
According to notarial records, the operation generated a profit of R $ 813 thousand in less than two years, as revealed by Folha in January 2018. For prosecutors, 78% of this income refers only to the laundering of “cracked” securities. , carrying out money laundering.
In a statement, Flávio’s defense said that the complaint was expected, but is not supported.
“Between the procedural vices and the narrative and mathematical errors, the accusatory thesis forged against Senator Bolsonaro is unviable, because it lacks any evidence. It is nothing more than a macabre and poorly designed chronicle.”
“We believe that it will not even be received by the Special Agency. All defects in the form and substance of the complaint will be scored and countered in a specific document, which will be filed as soon as the defense is notified,” adds the senator’s note. .
Queiroz’s defense said they did not have access to the complaint.
“The judicial instance is inaugurated, at which time the contradictory defense can be exercised, with the challenge of the accusatory evidence and production of counter-evidence that demonstrates the dismissal of the accusations and, therefore, their innocence,” said attorney Paulo Emílio Catta Preta. .
The defense of Luiza Souza Paes stated that she was not notified of the offer of the complaint and still does not know its content.
“Even at this inaugural moment of the process that is being qualified, it is not possible to make any kind of extra comment on the investigation phases,” said lawyer Caio Padilha, who defends the former senator’s assistant.
