The former daughter-in-law of President Lula (PT) was the subject of a search and seizure by federal police on Wednesday, on suspicion of trying to release funds from the FNDE (National Fund for Educational Development), an agency linked to the Ministry of Education, to companies suspected of embezzlement and tender fraud.
Carla Ariane Trindade, whom the PF describes as a “person known to have influence in the federal government,” was married to the president’s son Marcos Claudio Lula da Silva.
According to the investigation, Carla Trindade traveled to Brasilia at least twice using tickets paid for by the owner of Life Tecnologia Educasional, a company suspected of embezzling and overcharging at the city hall in the interior of São Paulo.
When contacted about the report, the Ministry of Education and the Planalto Palace Press Office did not comment. Kara’s defense attorney said in a statement that Kara “has requested access to records and will only comment after being fully informed of the investigation.” No life-defense was found.
The ruling authorizing the search and seizure of Lula’s former daughter-in-law was originally published in the newspaper O Estado de São Paulo and obtained by: sheet.
According to the investigation, she went to Brasilia primarily to look for resources and contracts in order to protect the private interests of Life’s owners along with public authorities. In the life owner’s diary, Carla is called “daughter-in-law.”
In the municipality of Sumare (SP) alone, the PF found that approximately 52 million reais was transferred to the company between 2021 and 2023 (partly under the Jair Bolsonaro government and partly under the Lula government), part of which was covered by funds from Fundeb (Fund for the Maintenance and Development of Basic Education), and continued to receive payments in 2024.
Wednesday’s operation, called “Coffee Break”, was carried out in cooperation with the CGU (Commonwealth Comptroller General) to investigate irregularities in tenders for misappropriation of funds in the education sector of City Hall.
According to the CGU, 50 search and seizure warrants were executed in São Paulo, Paraná state and Federal District.
In one of the targets in São Paulo, the PF seized 2.1 million reais in cash.
“The investigation uncovered evidence of crimes against the government, including bid fraud, active and passive corruption, overbilling and influence peddling,” the inspector general’s office said in a statement.
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