The should send the investigation into alleged deviation of parliamentary amendments in contracts from Dnocs (National Department of Works Against Droughts) to the STF (Supreme Federal Court) after mentioning federal deputy Elmar Nascimento, leader of the Chamber.
The case is being processed at the 2nd Federal Criminal Court of Bahia, which authorized the launch of the , which arrested at least four suspects.
A Sheet He tried to contact the parliamentarian and his staff by phone and sent messages, but there was no response. The STF reported that, for now, it has not received any proceedings.
During Operation Overclean, businessmen and brothers Alex Rezende Parente and Fabio Rezende Parente were arrested, also businessman in the urban cleaning business José Marcos de Moura, known as Rei do Lixo, as well as Lucas Lobão, who commanded Dnocs in Bahia during the government ().
During the searches, the PF located a transaction document for a property belonging to a company in which Elmar has a shareholding in the safe of the businessman known as Rei do Lixo.
On December 19, judge Daniele Maranhão, from TRF-1 (Federal Regional Court of the 1st Region), carried out the first phase of the operation. The magistrate ordered that the suspects wear electronic ankle bracelets and not maintain contact with other suspects.
To date, Elmar is not treated as being investigated in the investigation, despite having been mentioned in the middle of the investigations. However, sending the case to the STF signals that PF investigators have identified new elements that raise suspicions against the parliamentarian.
In the first phase of Operation Overclean, a cousin of Elmar, the councilor in the municipality of Campo Formoso (410 km from Salvador) Francisco Nascimento, was arrested on suspicion of being part of the criminal scheme. At the time of the action, he threw money out the window.
Investigations point to a diversion of R$1.4 billion in fraudulent contracts and overpriced works by Dnocs, a federal agency linked to the Ministry of Regional Development.
The police investigation was opened at the Federal Police Superintendency in Bahia based on criminal news from the (Comptroller General of the Union), which presented a series of suspected irregularities in contracts signed between the coordination of Dnocs in Bahia and the company Allpha Pavimentações and Construction Services Ltd.
As UOL showed, Elmar’s parliamentary amendments would have supplied companies linked to Allpha and those being investigated.
In December, the PF agents working in the operation . According to the police, the money was bribes intended for civil servants.
According to investigations, Alex Rezende and Lucas Lobão “used air transport to transport cash” and were monitored from the hangar in Salvador to Brasília, where they were approached by agents.