The Minister of Finance based the calculations on the volume of complaints made through the application “My INSS” and Phone 135
The Minister of Finance, said that the value of reimbursement of improper discounts to retirees and pensioners of the INSS (National Institute of Social Security) should be $ 1 billion to 2 billion.
In an interview with the newspaper Published on Monday (26.MAI.2025), the minister said he will await the final investigation of the total undue discounts – prevista for the coming weeks – to discuss the issue with the government’s legal area and define sources of resources for reimbursement.
The Minister of Finance based the calculations on the volume of complaints made by beneficiaries through the “My INSS” application and the phone 135 after the revelation of the fraud. On May 13, the government notified, by these channels, insured who suffered unauthorized associative charges from March 2020 to March 2025, requesting them to inform whether or not they had authorized deductions.
Based on the insured’s responses, the government began to request from the associations documents proving the authorization of retirees and pensioners for discounts, with a period of 15 business days. If there is no proof, the entities will have another 15 days to return the values to the Union.
According to Haddad, it is not possible to state whether the blockade of goods from those involved in the fraud will be sufficient to ensure compensation to the affected beneficiaries.
“We do not have an estimate yet, but there are many hundreds of millions of reais blocked from these associations. No one will be harmed, but this class will have to pay, including their personal goods”Said the minister.
The measure was taken after the PF (Federal Police) triggered, at the end of April, to, with the objective of investigating a national of improper discounts. According to the findings, entrepreneurs and members of unions and associations would have benefited from the amounts diverted.
Haddad praised the Minister of CGU (Comptroller General of the Union), Vinicius Carvalho, for involving the PF in the investigation.
“Minister Vinicius did a job, in my opinion, extraordinary. Extraordinary. Because, in 2023, he already involved the Federal Police on the subject. With data. Who received there in 2019, 2020, the complaint, did nothing”Said Haddad.“In 2023, he already involved the Federal Police and there was no brake on investigation, the punishment of those responsible and the recovery of money“, These.
The AGU (General Advocacy of the Union) asked the court to block R $ 2.5 billion in assets of 12 entities, but there is still uncertainties about the location of the amounts diverted in the investigated accounts and the period necessary for the return of resources.
According to government data, the total estimated funds by Haddad corresponds to approximately one third of R $ 5.9 billion in discounts made since March 2020.
Return
The INSS will start this Monday (26.MAI) the return of the R $ 292 million in associative tuition performed on benefits of retirees and pensioners in April.
The date for the restitution of each beneficiary will depend on the benefit amount and the last digit of the insured number. All who had associative tuition in April will receive full reimbursement. Read more than Poder360.
