Part of the money of a paid by the government of ended up in an investment fund authorized to finance works from a hotel in which it belongs to businessman Fernando Robério de Borges Garcia, father of the secretary of the Civil House, Fábio Garcia (União Brasil).
The case, which is, was revealed after suspicions that the agreement would have benefited people linked to Governor Mauro Mendes (Union Brazil). The manager of these funds, according to documents sent to research agencies, also generates funds that invest in companies in the governor’s family.
Mauro Mendes says all funds have officially responded to Mato Grosso and said they have no calls with their families.
Payments made by the government of Mato Grosso refer to a legal dispute started in 2009 with Oi and seek to compensate the company for amounts charged by the State for a differential of the ICMS tax rate (Tax on Circulation of Goods and Services).
Oi states that in 2023, he gave the credit rights to the Ricardo Almeida Advogados Associados office. Upon receiving the rights, Ricardo Almeida negotiated with the PGE (State Attorney General) the updated amount, which would be R $ 308 million. The agreement was approved in April 2024.
The compensation began to be done last year. The money was originally transferred by the State, at the request of Ricardo Almeida, to the Funds Lotte Word Investment Fund for Credit Rights and Royal Capital Investment Funds in Credit Rights. Each received half the total amount, about $ 154 million.
Documents obtained by the report show that part of the money ended up at, a fund intended for the purchase of credits from the judicial recovery of the company Engeglobal Construções Ltda, which belongs to Robério Garcia.
He is the father of the secretary of the Civil House and licensed federal deputy Fabio Garcia, who is also an ally and partner of the governor’s family.
A month before Ricardo Almeida received money from Oi SA credits, the Golden Bird fund registered in its financial statements of 2022 and 2023 – published in March 2024 – which held R $ 66 million from the credits “for Oi”.
In addition to buying judicial recovery credits, the Golden Bird was authorized in December 2023 to lend R $ 15 million for Engenclobal to complete the Cuyaba Golden Hotel, a luxury hotel located at the Cuiabá Administrative Center.
Engeglobal went into judicial recovery in 2018 and since then has not been able to complete the work.
The credit that Golden Bird registered in his financial statements was bought for R $ 81 million from Oi SA, according to the company itself.
Another document that proves that Oi’s credit ended up in the fund’s accounts linked to Engeglobal was. According to the document, Lotte Word made a “assignment contract” with the Golden Bird fund involving the values of the legal lawsuit of the telephone company.
After receiving the money from Oi Sa credits, the Golden Bird fund for a new fund, the Silver Bird Bird Investment Investment Fund, whose manager Positivo Investimentos Ltda is manager.
Months before the split, in August 2024, it had been authorized by the Mato Grosso court to lend R $ 20 million for Engeglobal to complete the luxury hotel.
In a confidential request to the court to which the report had access, the construction company stated that the first loan, which would be signed with the Golden Bird fund, “did not materialize by commercial disorders at the time of its perfectity.”
Otherwise
In a statement, Governor Mauro Mendes said all funds officially stated that they have no connections with their families.
Businessman Fernando Robério Garcia stated that there was no loan from the funds Silver Bird and Golden Bird to Engenclobal and also denied having loan from the positive investments.
In a statement, the advisory of the company Positivo Investimentos, manager of the Fund Silver Bird, said that the fund does not have operation related to real estate financing.
He also stated that the split was made after the company was allowed to carry out the loan to ENGEGLOBAL and that “there is no correlation between the request for financing concession sent and the operations of Silver Bird.”
Ricardo Almeida Advogados Associados said it will not speak on the matter.
Capital Capital said he was a manager of the Royal Capital Investment Investment Fund and Lotte Word Credit Rights Investment Fund and said both that they did not perform any directly or indirect financing operation to government entities, including any operation for financing of Cuyaba Golden Hotel.
“We would like to point out that the accurate capital always acts with the highest standards of governance, always in compliance with laws and other applicable legal provisions,” adds the note.
The accura still states that it has no political connection in any sphere.
Oi SA declared in a statement that it is fully collaborating with the competent authorities and raising information about the operation, which was conducted and completed under the previous management.
“Currently, the company has a new administration, which has been working on the implementation of its restructuring plan. Regarding the mentioned judicial process, Oi reiterates that it does not comment on actions in progress,” says the statement.
