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The investigators of Lava Jato in Rio affirm that the businessmen Mário Peixoto and Arthur Soares “presented”, in July 2016, the ex-president of the Legislative Assembly (Alerj) Paulo Melo with two covers in the same building, in Miami, United States . .
The information is contained in the investigation of the Favorite Operation, launched this Thursday (14), and which led to the Peixoto e Melo prison: Arthur Soares, known as “King Arturo” among the transport businessmen in Rio, was already at large. by another arrest warrant. prison.
OR G1 I have photos of the covers. The investigators suspect that the apartments represent the payment of Mário Peixoto’s undue advantages to Paulo Melo as “a way to guarantee his hegemony in the management contracts of the social organization IDR”, which had contracts with the state government.
One of the covers on behalf of Paulo Melo’s son, in Miami, United States – Photo: Reproduction
One of the covers on behalf of Paulo Melo’s son, in Miami, United States – Photo: Reproduction
According to investigations, Mário Peixoto owns MCK Holdings on the high seas in the British Virgin Islands.
The offshore has two companies in Florida in which the lawyer is the municipal councilor Eduardo Veiga (PSB) of Saquarema, in the Lagos Region, and a member of the electoral base of Paulo Melo, according to the Federal Public Ministry.
These US-based companies purchased both coverages in 2016. The money used in the transaction comes from the coast. One of the apartments costs $ 1 million.
PF and MPF investigators discovered that MCK is the same abroad that Arthur Soares withdrew money to pay bribes to former Governor Sérgio Cabral and buy votes for the Rio election to host the 2016 Olympics.
Mário Peixoto was an influential businessman in the government of Sérgio Cabral – Photo: Reproduction
Mário Peixoto was an influential businessman in the government of Sérgio Cabral – Photo: Reproduction
Arthur Soares, known as King Arthur, during a walk in Miami, in the United States. He led a life of luxury in the city – Photo: Playback / Fantastic
Arthur Soares, known as King Arthur, during a walk in Miami, in the United States. He led a life of luxury in the city – Photo: Playback / Fantastic
Between February and July of that year, Paulo Melo, his son Iury, Councilman Eduardo Veiga and Mário Peixoto were together in Miami. It caught the attention of investigators that, in July, the quartet traveled together on the 5th on the same flight. They all returned on different dates, between July 10 and 18.
For prosecutors, they went to adjust the acquisition of the properties, which occurred in July of that year.
In October 2017, just over a year later, the operation of Unfair Play exposed the public to irregularities committed by businessman Arthur Soares and decreed his arrest. That month, Paulo Melo’s son, Iury, assumes the payment of coverage fees without, according to prosecutors, having documentary support for this.
The following month, in November, Paulo Melo was arrested for the first time, Old chain operation.
Coverage of Paulo Melo’s son in Miami – Photo: Reproduction
Coverage of Paulo Melo’s son in Miami – Photo: Reproduction
Still, Mário Peixoto and Arthur Soares were inhibited by the investigations, according to the MPF:
“It is worth noting that all these financial and commercial operations continued to take place between Mário Peixoto and Arthur Soares even after the issuance of preventive custody orders by this Court against the latter businessman, made public with the outbreak of” Operation Unfair Play “, on October 5, 2017.”
With Arthur Soares on the run, the email exchange between Mário Peixoto and “Rei Arthur” remained uninterrupted, at least, until 2019. Some messages are about loans between abroad and the company in the United States.
Deputy Paulo Melo surrenders at the headquarters of the Federal Police in Rio de Janeiro (RJ), this Thursday (16) – Photo: JOSE LUCENA / FUTURA PRESS / FUTURA PRESS / ESTADÃO CONTEÚDO
Deputy Paulo Melo surrenders at the Federal Police headquarters in Rio de Janeiro (RJ), this Thursday (16) – Photo: JOSE LUCENA / FUTURA PRESS / FUTURA PRESS / ESTADÃO CONTEÚDO
Investigators suspect that Mário Peixoto’s payment of undue advantages to Paulo Melo was a “way to guarantee his hegemony in the management contracts of the social organization IDR”, which had contracts with the state government.
“These circumstances reveal the absolute contempt for public order and the application of criminal law by those represented, which shows the well-founded fear that Mário Peixoto and Vinícius Peixoto, if they remain at liberty, will continue to be criminals, hiding assets abroad and financially supplying investigated criminal organization “
The apartment of Paulo Melo’s son in Miami – Photo: Reproduction
The apartment of Paulo Melo’s son in Miami – Photo: Reproduction
In a note, Paulo Melo’s defense said:
“The arrest of former congressman Paulo Melo is absolutely out of place and timeless, as the police investigation into the possible criminal conduct of Mário Peixoto and the allegedly overbilled purchases to establish a field hospital have absolutely nothing to do with the Former deputy Paulo Melo, who has been in prison since November 2017, for pandemic reasons and because he is elderly and hypertensive, was unable to return to prison since March 20, 2020.
The justification of the decision that ordered the arrest mentions the friendship of the former deputy with Mário Peixoto, which was never denied by him, however, without having maintained any contact in the two years and six months that Paulo Melo was imprisoned.
It is imperative to point out that during the 4 years that former deputy Paulo Melo was president of Alerj and one year as government secretary, he never hired Mário Peixoto’s companies. “
