Cicero Marcelino Santos and Samuel Crisostomo de Bonfim Junior, who were arrested by the federal police this Thursday (11/13), are both connected to the National Federation of Farmers and Entrepreneurs (Conafar) (the organization investigated in the INSS case) and have founded several different CNPJs operating from the same address in the capital of the Republic.
Most of the projects carried out in their names, as well as in the names of third parties linked to Associação de Apocentados do Brasil (AAB), another institution investigated in the fraud case, are said to be operated out of the upper part of a two-story house in Lecanto das Emas.
Officials have shown the IRS the headquarters addresses of at least 10 companies that promise to provide everything from retail to car rental to agricultural support, but the names of only two of those companies, Expresso and Solution, appear on the small office facade.
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Members of the NGO that defrauded INSS have businesses at the same address
Another CNPJ belonging to Samuel Crisostomo, also under the name Solution, is said to operate in the same location as the Evangelical Church of Lecanto das Emas, and is registered under the name of Lucineide dos Santos Oliveira, a member of the Brazilian Association.
The big city When he went to the address, all he found was a religious building built between the catechism center and a vacant lot. Nevertheless, according to Federal Revenue Service data, Samuel’s stores are active in this field, raising suspicions that they are shell companies.
In addition to belonging to members of different institutions and sharing a single space, these companies have another interesting point. Most companies have the same email address as their primary contact.
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Cicero Marcelino, who was called to testify before the CPMI investigating the INSS fraud, continued that he made “a few bucks” from money that was supposed to be given to retirees and pensioners. The man also admitted that he established a company to provide services at the request of President Conafer.
Mr. Cicero also said he received payment slips for the Conafar entity and gave them to him, but denied knowing Samuel Crisostomo, even though he allegedly runs the company in the same location as him.
During CPMI, Cicero’s company was recognized as an Orange Company. “The only thing I see with this CPMI is that the unions are supporting the owners themselves and their families, or the companies and their families, or the orange people and their families. And you are an orange person and your company is an orange company,” said Deputy Adriana Ventura (November SP).
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The Federal Police (PF) and the Federal Comptroller General (CGU) this Thursday (13 November) launched a new phase of Operation No Discount, an investigation targeting the state program of unauthorized association discounts on retirement benefits and pensions. The action mobilized teams from 17 states and federal districts.
A total of 63 search and seizure warrants, 10 preventive arrest warrants, and several preventive actions were executed. Among those arrested are:
- Alessandro Stefanutto – Former President of INSS.
- Antonio Carlos Antunes Camilo, known as “Careca do INSS”.
- Vinicius Ramos da Cruz – President of the Institute of Land and Labor (ITT).
- Tiago Abraham Ferreira López – Director of Conafer and brother of the company’s president, Carlos López.
- Cicero Marcelino de Sousa Santos – A businessman associated with Conafar.
- Samuel Crisostomo de Bonfim Jr. – Also a member of Conafer.
The targets are spread across Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Minas Gerais, Paraiba, Paraná, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Sergipe, Tocantins and Federal District.
How the plan works
According to the investigation, the suspects operated by entering false data into public systems to include fictitious entities and beneficiaries of organizations. This resulted in unfair monthly deductions being made directly into the payments of retirees and pensioners, many of whom had no idea about the charges.
The group is being investigated for allegedly forming a criminal organization aimed at obtaining economic benefits through active and passive corruption to facilitate social security fraud and unauthorized access to the INSS system.
Investigations are also underway into the concealment of assets that were allegedly used to make it difficult to trace the misappropriated amounts.
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The big city Attempts to contact the person named in this article by email and phone did not result in a response until the last update. This space will remain open for future demonstrations.
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