An operation was launched this Thursday (12) to investigate suspicions of misappropriation of resources involving the governor of Pará, and his mother, federal deputy Elcione Barbalho, both from .
PF teams have been carrying out search and seizure warrants in Belém since early in the morning at addresses of people linked to the Barbalho family. A PF aircraft was even moved to the capital of Pará to execute the warrants.
When contacted, the government of Pará said that “there is no ongoing PF operation related to bodies of the government of Pará or the state governor”. UOL also contacted Elcione Barbalho, and the space remains open for demonstrations.
The operation was authorized by the (Federal Supreme Court) because Elcione is a parliamentarian and investigates deviations from those allocated to Helder Barbalho’s management. Crimes of embezzlement (misappropriation of public resources), bid fraud, money laundering and criminal organization are investigated.
This is yet another investigation by the PF that targets deviations from parliamentary amendments. This week, about alleged deviations from amendments destined for Dnocs (National Department of Works Against Drought) in Bahia.
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