PF (Federal Police) agents were at the Confederation headquarters and at Samir Xaud’s house; Investigation has no relationship with football
The Federal Police searched the headquarters of the CBF (Brazilian Football Confederation) and at the residence of its president, Samir Xaud, on the morning of this 4th (30.Jul.2025), as part of Operation Caixa Preta, which investigates possible buying votes in the 2024 municipal elections in Roraima. The manager is alternate of federal deputy Helena Lima (MDB-RR), who is at the center of investigations.
10 search and seizure warrants were served at addresses in Roraima and Rio de Janeiro. The Electoral Court ordered the blockade of R $ 10 million in the accounts of those investigated in the operation.
In addition to the CBF president, deputy Helena Lima, her husband, businessman Renildo Lima, and the superintendent of DNIT (National Department of Transport Infrastructure) in Roraima, Igo Brasil were Another 6 warrants complete the 10 issued by the Electoral Justice.
The investigation began in September 2024, when Renildo Lima was caught with $ 500,000 in kind during the municipal elections. Part of the money was hidden on your underwear at the time of the approach.
Samir Xaud and Helena Lima belong to the same party, the MDB, and are part of the same political group in Roraima. The leader tried a place in the House of Representatives in the 2022 elections, but could not be elected.
Samir Xaud, 41, assumed the presidency of the CBF in May 2025. He is a doctor, born in Boa Vista and son of Zeca Xaud, who presides over the FRF (Roraimense Football Federation) since 1975. The leader is the alternate of Helena Lima, who has been in her first term as federal deputy.
Helena Lima has a degree in Biological Sciences from UFRR (Federal University of Roraima) and declared her assets of $ 10 million to the TSE (Superior Electoral Court). His family controls Asatur, a road transport company with 10 agencies in the state, in addition to Voare Taxi Air, sole in the private sector in operation in Roraima.
O Poder360 contacted the CBF, but so far had no return. The space remains open to manifestations.
