Scheme may involve deviations of more than $ 1 billion; According to Public Prosecution Service, companies such as Ultrafarma and Fast Shop paid bribes to release state tax credits
The Secretariat of Finance and Planning of the State of São Paulo dismissed 6 more tax auditors on Monday (25.2025). They are suspected of releasing ICMS (Tax on Circulation of Goods and Services) credits in exchange for bribes. Investigations show the involvement of companies such as and in the scheme, which may have moved values that exceed R $ 1 billion.
The administrative measure was taken two weeks after the case surfaced on August 12, with the arrest of auditor Artur Gomes da Silva Neto, the owner of Ultrafarma, Sidney Oliveira, and the director of Fast Shop Mario Otávio Gomes. The businessman and the executive were released 3 days later, under $ 25 million each. They were also forced to wear electronic anklet. The auditor, dismissed from office, remains in jail.
Investigations conducted by the State Prosecutor revealed that Silva Neto received the bribe to release ICMS credits to the companies through a family -related consultancy. He tried to open bank accounts and offshores in Switzerland from 2022.
“In São Paulo there will be no room for impunity”, said the governor (Republicans) this Thursday in his profile at X. “The punishment will be rigorous in all spheres to ensure that each penny returns to the public coffers. I will not tolerate misconduct. We will remove, investigate, punish and recover the appeal, and everyone involved will suffer the consequences ”, completed.
Here is the publication of Tarcisio, potential candidate for the Planalto Palace in the 2026 elections:
In São Paulo there is no room for impunity.
Today we removed six more tax auditors of the State Revenue, in an immediate response to the prosecution’s investigations with Operation Icarus, which investigates irregularities in the compensation of ICMS.
This is like this: we get away,…
– Tarcísio Gomes de Freitas (@tarcisiogdf)
