Decision was marked by clash between ministers; Rapporteur held trial for over 1 year
The (Federal Court of Audit) rejected on Wednesday (7.MAI.2025) appeals of (National Institute of Social Security) and associative entities against decision that suspended new discounts on retirement and pensions. The contested judgment had been approved in June 2024. This is that of today’s decision (PDF – 151 KB).
The rapporteur of the case, Minister Aroldo Cedraz, voted to fully maintain the previous decision. He did not know the resources of associations and, although accepted to analyze the INSS request, dismissed the appeal presented by the institute.
Despite the quick analysis of the case, about 7 minutes, the session had moments of tension between Cedraz and Minister Walton Alencar, who criticized his colleague for removing the theme of the agenda 6 times on other occasions over 1 year.
The slowness in the progress of the process eventually favoring the associations, as a possible conclusion in the TCU could have anticipated the end of irregular retirement discounts.
“I’ve been in this court for over 30 years. I’ve never seen this happen except in another process of the eminent Minister Aroldo Cedraz”said Alencar.
The minister charged public explanations about the reasons for these postponements, if they were related to any kind of negotiation or articulation and, if so, who participated in these negotiations and if the objectives were “Republicans”.
In response, Cedraz said that the dissatisfaction of the colleague was due to a “Environment created in recent weeks” that would seek to remove it from the rapporteur.
Billionaire fraud at INSS
According to the Federal Police, unions and associations carried out an ACT (technical cooperation agreement) with the INSS to offer benefits to associated retirees.
Services included:
- Legal aid;
- discount on the health plan;
- Funeral aid.
The agreement allowed the entities to perform a discount of “Associative monthly fees” in the payroll of beneficiaries.
Such entities registered retirees without authorization, using fake documents and signatures. Investigations indicate that they had no structure to maintain the services offered.
With this, they falsified signatures to associate the pensioner with entities and perform automatic discounts on the payroll of the beneficiaries.
The controllership also identified that 70% of the 29 entities analyzed did not deliver the full documentation to the INSS.
In the operation, 6 people were removed from their duties:
- Alessandro Stefanutto – President;
- Virgílio Ribeiro de Oliveira Filho -INSS Attorney General;
- Vanderlei Barbosa dos Santos – Benefit Director with the citizen;
- Young gathers faise spiecker -General Coordinator of customer service support;
- JUCIMAR FONSECA DA SILVA -General Coordinator of Payments and Benefits;
- federal police – Identity was not disclosed.
The PF said it seized luxury cars, cash, jewelry and paintings. Total values and the exact amount are still in survey.
Here are some government information:
- HOW THE FINISHING DISCOUNT –“Class entities, such as associations and unions, formalize technical cooperation agreements with the INSS (National Institute of Social Security). These agreements allow entities to make associative monthly discounts directly on the payroll of INSS beneficiaries, provided they are authorized by retirees and pensioners.”;
- beneficiary authorization –“For the discount to be carried out, the entity needs the express and individual authorization of each beneficiary to make the discount of its associative monthly fee. In the investigation, but the absence of rigorous verification of this authorization and the possibility of falsifying affiliation and authorization documents.”
Compensate as losing
Minister Bruno Dantas on the night of this 3rd (7.MAI) that the INSS informs, within 15 days, the actions taken to reimburse the victims of fraud, as well as the origin of the resources that will be used for refunds. Here’s (PDF – 151 kb).
It also established that the agency explains which administrative measures will be adopted to investigate the responsibilities of public agents who would be involved in deviations.
