The mega operation conducted by the IRS found that the CCP (First Command of the Capital) managed a sophisticated financial structure, which included 40 investment funds with estimated equity of R $ 30 billion. The scheme involved a complex network of companies and financial operations to move resources of illicit origin. The analysis is by Fernando Nakagawa in CNN 360°.
The organization operated in three main modules. The first focused on production, involving fuel formulators and four plants that did not follow regulatory standards. The second module focused on distribution, through gas stations, convenience stores and even bakeries. The third was dedicated to investments using.
Understand the path of money
According to the analyst, the flow of money began in commercial establishments, where the resources were initially “washed” to appear legitimacy before the IRS. Then the amounts were transferred mainly through fintechs, finally reaching seemingly legal investments in funds and other actives.
The magnitude of the scheme is evidenced by the numbers: a single fintech moved $ 46 billion in four years, including about 11 thousand deposits in kind. The organization controlled more than a thousand posts with irregularities, investing $ 52 billion in four years. In addition, the CCP had a port terminal, four ethanol plants, 1,600 trucks and more than 100 properties.
In response to this discovery, the Finance Minister, who will require fintechs to declare suspicious operations to the competent authorities, including Central Bank, CVM (Securities Commission), Coaf (Financial Activities Control Council) and Federal Revenue, which was previously restricted to traditional banks.
