The Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry that investigates online betting services, Bets CPI, will hear the rich influencer Melquiades on Wednesday, 14. He was summoned by his collegiate in the Senate as a witness.
Humorist and digital influencer Luiz Ricardo Melquiades, 27, is known for participating in reality shows such as Fazenda, TV Record, and vacation with former MTV, and acting on social networks, where he has almost 11 million followers.
He participated in 2021 in the 13th edition of The Farm and won the program, which had a prize of $ 1.5 million. After standing out in the vacation program with ex Brazil: Celebs 2.
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Rico is the second influencer who will be heard by the CPI senators who investigate online betting services. On Tuesday, 13, the influencer Virginia Fonseca was heard in the Senate as a witness. She has over 100 million followers adding her profiles on social networks Instagram, Tiktok and Youtube.
A decision by STF Minister Alexandre de Moraes guaranteed the influencer the right to remain silent during the senators’ questions this morning.
In January this year, the influencer was the target of Operation Game Over 2, triggered by the Alagoas Civil Police, which investigates online gambling that are made irregularly. Rico signed a non -criminal agreement with the prosecutor.
