An expertise carried out by the Federal Police revealed that two associations headquartered in Sergipe, investigated for participation in the fraud scheme at the National Institute of Social Security (INSS), were created with documents containing false signatures of beneficiaries. The entities are among suspicions of involvement in one, according to ongoing investigations.
The investigation was released on Sunday (5) by Fantasticfrom TV Globo, and is part of the operation launched in late April by the PF and the Comptroller General of the Union (CGU), which has already led to the arrest of entrepreneurs and the removal of INSS authorities.
According to the PF delegate in Sergipe, Carlos César Pereira de Melo, the forgery was identified in the documents required by the INSS to authorize the discount on leaf: “The signature that was put into the affiliation term and the discount authorization are counterfeit. We identified elements that point to the birth of these entities already committed crimes,” he said.
The case dates back to an INSS decision of 2019, which, provided the beneficiary voluntarily authorizes the affiliation. In practice, a paper signature was enough – which opened gaps for irregularities.
Among the investigated entities are the Universe Association and APDAP Prev, which together moved more than R $ 300 million in 21 months, based on contributions discounted directly from the retired sheet. At its peak, the group even gathered 629,000 members – a number higher than the population of the capital of Sergipe, Aracaju.
The INSS transfers, according to the PF, were sprayed to, with direct links to entrepreneurs Alexsandro Prado Santos, known as Lequinho, and Sandro Temer de Oliveira. Both were arrested preventively. They are pointed out as the true controllers of the associations.
Continues after advertising
Discounts, often from $ 30 to $ 50 per month, went unnoticed at retirees’ payrolls, listed as a “associative contribution”, followed by the entity’s name and a telephone number.
The new phase of the investigation adds to the scandal that led to the resignation of the president of the INSS, Alessandro Stefanutto, and the resignation, who resigned last Friday (2). It is estimated that up to 4.1 million beneficiaries have been harmed by improper discounts, according to CGU data.
