Employees near the pedestrian were dismissed in the ministerial exchange; Government fried former minister before he left office
People close to the former minister of social security in the agency evaluated that the frying that led to the politician was a “cowardice” of the Government of (PT).
The pressures that led to the departure of Lupi relate to the crisis of the (National Institute of Social Security). An investigation in April showed that associations and unions achieved approximately R $ 6.5 billion with an improper retention scheme for social security benefits from 2019 to 2024.
O Poder360 It found that most employees close to Lupi were dismissed as soon as the former holder left office.
Among them, it was the feeling that the exchange for the current minister will not be enough to put out the fire of undue discounts. It is mentioned, for example, that he to relax the rules that allowed the fraud.
Another document mentioned by the former employees is in September 2024, about the eventual irregularities in the discounts of the benefits.
There was an assessment that the text could save Lupi’s permanence in office, which was not confirmed.
Days before the resignation, Lupi had assumed responsibility for the indication of the then president of the INSS, Alessandro Stefanutto – after the PF investigation.
“Doctor Stefanutto’s indication is my entire responsibility”the then minister said in conversation with journalists about the operation. The speech did not get well.
The resignation of Lupi resigned brought political damage to the Lula administration. He is a relevant name of the (Democratic Labor Party), the Government Support Base in Congress.
The party bench in the House, consisting of 17 deputies ,.
The complaints and evaluations of social security staff show that the confusion follows as an internal issue for the petista’s team.
INSS billionaire fraud
An investigation in April showed that associations and unions achieved approximately R $ 6.5 billion through an improper retention scheme from 2019 to 2024.
According to the operation, 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.”
