The actions of the Federal Police (PF) in investigating the dismissed mayor of Sorocaba, Rodrigo Manga (Republican), also point to money laundering by an advisor to state deputy Danilo Campetti (Republican) for the benefit of the city administrator.
Campetti is a PF official who became known in 2016 for his participation in extortion efforts against former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT). In 2022, the federal police officer was present with Tarcisio de Freitas (Republican), a candidate for the state legislature, during a gunfight in Paraisopolis, south of the São Paulo state capital, during an election campaign for the São Paulo state government. Paulo. Since then, Mr. Campetti has become a trusted figure of the current governor.
The investigation investigates the suspicion that Rafael Pinheiro do Carmo, who worked in Campetti’s office since June 2024, was used to hide illegal values related to Rodrigo Manga through real estate purchases. Mr. Campetti’s office work is cited by PF.
The attorney said that through advice, he learned of the incident involving the advisor and ordered him to be removed to focus on his defense.
“Mr. Rafael was already part of the parliamentary team before Mr. Campetti took his place. Upon taking office, the deputy chose to retain staff who previously served as ministers. The deputy reiterated that he has confidence in the investigation by the federal police, and stressed that he is also a public servant providing relevant services in the agency and will not tolerate any wrongdoing. The dismissal was an administrative and precautionary decision, taken as soon as the facts came to his attention,” the deputy concluded. Please be careful.
The PF states that Rafael will use the cash to make a down payment on a condominium property in Sorocaba worth R$1.5 million.
According to reports from witnesses in the PF investigation, Rafael and his wife Claudia Clench contacted the seller of the home. Still, according to the report, “a situation arose in which, after some time, the house was actually sold in the form of a transfer to Mayor Rodrigo Manga.”
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Cash was found inside a safe in the home that is the subject of the warrant.
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The homeowner told PF that cash was passed “on several occasions” at Claudia’s office. The PF said that Rafael and his wife “not only concealed and contributed to the concealment of the true source of the R$182,500 (…), but also converted and contributed to the conversion of that money, which resulted from past criminal offenses, into legal assets.”
Rafael still appears in other parts of the investigation, as a suspect who received a photo from Manga’s sister-in-law at the mayor’s request. Police said religious terms, which are code for bribery, were used in conversations with other suspects.
The PF demanded a search and seizure of addresses associated with Rafael, as well as a ban on contact with Manga. Lawyers for Rafael and his wife were not identified in the report. The space remains open.
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Operation against the mayor
Rodrigo Manga was removed from his post by a court decision on June 11 as part of a federal police copy-and-paste operation investigating irregularities in medical contracts at local city halls.
Manga himself announced his withdrawal on his social networks. “Believe it or not, they removed me as mayor. Here in Brasilia, yesterday (the 5th) I went in front of the Palace of Justice and went around the Congress saying we have to take the troops to the streets. The councilors welcomed me very well and said: “Manga, be careful, you show up well.” What we’re hearing behind the scenes is that they’re trying to take anyone out of the game who is a threat to their candidacy, and you’re a threat to the Senate and to other positions, so there was no other way.”
On the same day, the PF executed a preventive arrest warrant and seven search and seizure warrants in Sorocaba based on the court’s decision, which also authorized the application of preventive measures, including the kidnapping and inaccessibility of assets of the persons being investigated, worth approximately R6.5 million, suspension of official duties and prohibition of contact with certain people. Those investigated could face charges of active and passive corruption, embezzlement, tender fraud, money laundering, and illegal direct contracting.
The operation was launched in April this year with the aim of dismantling an organization suspected of embezzling public resources in the health sector through emergency contracts and agreements aimed at controlling the health sector.
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