The Federal Police launched Operation Route on Tuesday, 22, which aims to deviate at the National Department of Transport Infrastructure (DNIT) in Amapá. One of the investigated is businessman Breno Barbosa Chaves Pinto (Brazil-AP Union), according to Senate President David Alcolumbre (Brazil-AP Union). According to the PF, the businessman is suspected of using the senator’s name to “get illicit advantages.”
Alcohumbre is not investigated. In a statement, he said he has nothing to do with the companies cited or the second alternate. “All involved must provide due clarification to the court, respecting due process,” he said.
Breno Chaves Pinto’s defense did not answer. The DNIT said that “the instances of integrity of the municipality are investigating the facts” and “repudiates any fraudulent practice or act of corruption.”
‘Proximity’
Breno Chaves Pinto was the target of search. The investigators said it is under calculation of R $ 60 million in contracts and bids for maintenance and recovery of BR-157.
“The hypothesis is that Breno used his proximity to the senator (alcohumbre) to, under the pretext of influencing in acts of public agent, obtain improper advantages,” said the judge of the 4th Federal Court of Amapá, Jucelio Fleury Neto. “Breno Chaves Pinto is considered a central figure in the criminal scheme. He was worth his political influence (second alternate Senator Davi Alcolumbre).”
DNIT Superintendent in Amapá, Marcello Vieira Linhares, appointed as “the public vertex of the scheme”, was removed from office. The defense was not located.
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By decision of the 4th Federal Court of Amapá, the PF fulfilled 11 search and seizure warrants. At the address of one of the investigated in Minas Gerais, three Porsche cars, 13 works by Guignard and Portinari, jewelry and watches were seized. In Amapá, police found a rifle, three pistols and ammunition. The blockade of assets and values of those investigated in the amount of R $ 8 million was determined.
The information is from the newspaper The State of S. Paulo.
