The core near the governor of, Wanderlei Barbosa (), suspected of diverting resources from parliamentary amendments through basic baskets in the Covid-19 pandemic, treated the mockery scheme, made photos with packages of money in kind and prepared ways of disguising fraudulent deliveries, according to.
The operation triggered on Wednesday (4) dismissed the governor from office, with authorization from the STJ (Superior Court of Justice). Researchers say the Tocantins government has been transformed into a “true business counter.”
The governor’s removal took place during the second phase of Operation Fames-19, which investigates deviations with pandemic resources. .
In a statement, he stated that he never had any direct or indirect participation in the acquisition of basic baskets during the pandemic.
“Attempts to link it to the case are only supported by third-party speech reproduced in police investigation, without any material proof or concrete evidence. These are hasty deductions and without reality,” the text says.
According to the investigation, the suspects involved in the diversion scheme came to mock his own fraud. The irregularities, linked to the purchase of basic baskets intended for confrontation of the pandemic, would have focused mainly between 2020 and 2021.
According to the Federal Police, in conversation about the extension of the state of calamity in Tocantins because of the pandemic, Paulo César Lustosa Limeira told Brother Wilton Rosa Pires that the governor was “greedy”, referring to financial resources: “Cab[r]O’s greedy, lol “.
In another dialogue between the two, Pires asked his brother where he was and then said: “I want to give you a blessing,” a reference, according to the PF, to the payment of bribes.
According to the PF, Paulo César Lustosa Limeira is ex-husband of Karynne Sotero Campos, the governor’s current wife, and had “intense closeness” with both the first lady and Wanderlei Barbosa himself.
Investigations indicate that Limeira is suspected of brokering bribe negotiations linked to government contracts. Pires is pointed out by PF as an operator of the diversion of public resources. The two were sought by the report, but did not speak.
The Federal Police also obtained photos of people linked to the governor with packs of money, including Marcus Vinícius Santana, son of Ticiano Darles Santana Sousa, special advisor of the governor. Marcus is suspected of acting as a financial operator of the scheme.
According to the investigation, he was responsible for bank transfers and withdrawals in kind, which were later delivered to the father or Thiago Marcos Barbosa de Carvalho, advisor and nephew of the governor. It was up to them, according to PF, to pass the values to the rest of the group, including to the governor himself.
Santana, Sousa and Carvalho were sought, but did not speak.
The PF points out that the investigators also began to charge a list of names and documents with the intention of forging records and covering the non -distribution of food, with the aim of trying to deceive inspection.
In a dialogue between Limeira and Pires, an unidentified third person, requested a list of 1,500 names and CPFs to compose accountability.
The Federal Police also claim to have identified the payment of R $ 550,000 of alleged bribes to the governor, related to a frozen chickens contract signed with the company Regional Flavors. The transfer in kind would have occurred on November 14, 2021, but the contract was not executed or paid by the government.
According to investigations, the company was unable to comply with the agreement. She delivered only 15,000 light chickens instead of the forecast 50,000 chickens, which resulted in contractual failure.
Given the impasse, the owner started to charge the return of the amount paid. Also according to the PF, dialogues reveal that the debt would be compensated with amounts diverted from future bids, reinforcing the existence of the corruption scheme. In 2023, in conversation with a third person, the businesswoman herself would have confirmed the receipt of the return of the bribe.
