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The Federal Police launched on Wednesday morning (09/02) the ostensible phase of the investigation called Operation Caligo, in compliance with 10 search and seizure orders in the municipality of Teresina, issued by the 3rd Federal Court of Justice of Piauí, which had the participation of 50 federal police officers and 7 auditors from the General Comptroller’s Office of the Federation.
Since March 2020, several emergency contracts have been signed between the Municipal Health Foundation and two companies that supply PPE, IGG / IGM test kit, hospital supplies and equipment to deal with the pandemic caused by Covid 19, at the cost of bid. resources from the SAN and the Ministry of Health, which total, in amounts committed until July 2020, R $ 17,427,171.53.
Active Federal Police in the Municipal Health Foundation
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However, the investigation pointed out serious divergences between the quantity purchased and that actually supplied to the FMS, as well as changes in the product specification and an excessive profit margin (up to 419%), unjustifiable even in times of pandemic. It is estimated that the gross profit obtained will be approximately R $ 4,500,000.00, enough for the construction of a complete field hospital.
The court orders carried out today are intended to deepen the investigations into the irregularity of the bid waiver processes, in addition to obtaining information on the receipt of products negotiated between the companies and the FMS during the period in question.
Caligo is a term taken from Latin and means fog. The name of the operation was chosen in reference to the absence of publicity of the contracts / commitments / payments investigated in the transparency portals.
Federal Police investigate FMS evidence fraud
In a note, the FMS reported that management is at the disposal of the authorities to provide all the necessary clarifications and ready to collaborate with the investigative process.
The direction of the Municipal Health Foundation informs that it is at the disposal of the authorities to provide all the necessary clarifications and ready to collaborate with the investigative process. It also emphasizes that all the measures were adopted based on the circumstances experienced throughout the world during the pandemic, always with the commitment to preserve the public interest and the lives of Teresinenses ”. says note.
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