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The Federal Police carries out 27 search and seizure orders against fraud in the hiring of vehicle and motorcycle rental services with the diversion of public funds, fraud in bidding and money laundering. According to the Federal Police, the group is headed by an investigator who served as a federal deputy and a state deputy in the state of Ceará during the investigation period.
The warrants are part of the second phase of the Km Livre Operation and are carried out in Fortaleza, Caucaia, Russas, Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte and Rio de Janeiro. The name of the deputy investigated at this stage has not been released.
There is strong evidence, according to the Police, of illicit money laundering through the clandestine acquisition of stock brokers and companies for participation in the wind power industry, with the strategic help of financial market operators. The Police also said that there are indications of participation of public agents in the crimes under investigation.
During the operation, the police captured and seized large amounts of cash, suspected of money laundering, hidden in the headquarters of one of the investigated companies, in the neighborhood of Fátima, in Fortaleza.
First phase of the operation
The first phase of Operation Km Livre began in 2016, when more than R $ 5 million in cash was seized at the headquarters of one of the investigated companies, in the Fátima neighborhood, in Fortaleza.
The police investigation identified, from these values, documents and data seized in the first phase, the role of the criminal organization in the creation of companies with the participation of “oranges”, that is, people who act on behalf of third parties investigated, true managers of the investigated companies. ; performance in bid fraud; diversion of public resources; money laundering with the acquisition of real estate, companies and transactions in the financial market. The criminal organization investigated has been operating for almost twenty years and, since then, has had successive and progressive successes in the criminal activities investigated.
Action of the criminal group
The criminal organization has operated for almost twenty years and, since then, has had successive and progressive successes in criminal activity, generating illicit profits. The Federal Police continues the investigation, with an analysis of the material seized in Operation Km Libre – 2nd phase, in order to detail the role of each investigated in the criminal organization.
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