Eleven entities would have harmed more than 100,000 people; The CGU says that group has nothing to do with the action that investigates the billionaire fraud in the INSS
Gaeco (Special Action Group Against Organized Crime) of the MP (Public Prosecution Service) of Paraíba this Friday (16.MAI.2025) an operation to investigate a fraud scheme with 11 entities that discounted at least R $ 126 million of more than 100,000 beneficiaries, among them (National Institute of Social Security).
The CGU (Comptroller General of the Union) and the Civil Police also participate. According to the Comptroller, so far, the action has no bond with the operation that investigates frauds of up to R $ 6.5 billion In the INSS. The agency states that the current investigation is on a context of different fraud from associative discounts because of prior manipulation of judicial decisions.
According to the group, magistrates, lawyers, civil servants and associations set up a scheme of undue discounts to retirees and pensioners. The names of the entities were not disclosed.
6 court orders were served in the cities of João Pessoa, Cabedelo, Sapé, besides the state of São Paulo.
Understand the scheme
Gaeco stated that the suspects carried out collective actions with previously agreed judgments, even without representing those involved in the process. They filed requests in counties controlled by the organization, and the MP was not included in the process.
Decisions were favorable to members of the scheme, and were issued in record time. According to the authorities, they were based on counterfeit documents.
Then, with the sentence in hand, those involved were able to make undue discounts on the benefits of retirees and pensioners from various public agencies.
Another strategy was the provision of elderly loans by fraudulent associations. Gaeco stated that the entities were controlled by lawyers, operated as financial institutions, and did not obey BC (Central Bank) regulation.
The victims were induced to sign terms of adhesion with abusive interest, disguised as monthly fees for false services.
The group also canceled debt registration without default being corrected. In this way the victims seemed to be with the name clean.
The suspects also defrauded the victims’ payroll loans. Those involved in the scheme suspend lending discounts on server paychecks, increasing the consignable margin for more credit without payment of released operations.
Finally, they are investigated for reactivating expired credits from the victims and appropriating their expired miles.
1st phase of the operation
The investigation began on December 11, 2024. A Judge of Paraíba and some lawyers were suspected of filing collective actions to obtain illicit advantages.
At the time, search warrants were fulfilled, which resulted in the seizure of electronic devices and other tests. The content analyzed led to the identification of new investigative fronts that, in turn, allowed the 2nd phase.
