A pilot who regularly carried a pair who led a mega money laundering scheme that he attended to the Federal Police stated that the president of, is among the real owners of four of the ten executive jets operated by an air taxi company.
In an exclusive interview with ICL Notícias, Mauro Caputti Mattosinho, 38, said Rueda was quoted by her boss as the leader of a group that “had a lot of money she needed to spend” in the purchase of aircraft, valued in millions of dollars.
“There was a climate of growth boom in the company. And this was justified as a very strong group, headed by Rueda, who came with a lot of money he needed to spend. So, the acquisition of several aircraft was funded,” says Mattosinho in the record -recorded interview.
Rueda denies she owns the aircraft and, in a statement, states that “he vehemently repudiates any attempt to link his name to people investigated or involved in the practice of any illicit.”
The president of União Brasil says that “he has already flew at private aircraft on fighters him or as a guest”, but “never participated in the purchase of aircraft”. And that usually makes its travels “on commercial flights”.
Trip to Uruguay
Mattosinho entered the TAP (Piracicaba Air Taxi) in 2023 and left two weeks ago after transporting relatives from Uruguay on the eve of PF, Revenue and the Public Prosecutor of SP, held at the end of August.
It was precisely on the return of this trip to Brazil, 17 days ago, that the pilot was approached by PF at Catarina Airport, in São Roque (SP). There was a suspicion that Beto Crazy could be on the flight.
“The story I told you I repeated to the Federal Police,” Mattosinho said in an interview with ICL News. The report had access to the testimony.
The pilot claims to have transported at least 30 times, better known as the cousin, and Roberto Augusto Leme da Silva, the crazy Beto. Both are pointed out as leaders of the scheme that served the CCP and are fugitive from justice.
The pilot, who says he is outraged by the content of the conversations he witnessed, sought ICL News for the first time in November last year.
ICL News and UOL have found that two aircraft attributed by Mattosinho Reda belong to investment funds that have only one final controller whose name is not disclosed in public documents.
A third aircraft is on behalf of a company registered on the outskirts of Imperatriz (MA). In an interview, the company’s only partner said he was unaware of the firm and the aircraft.
In the video interview, Mauro Mattosinho reaffirmed that he had carried a cardboard bag that appeared to contain cash, on the same date as Beto Louco mentioned other passengers that he would have a meeting with Senator (PI), national president, as revealed on the 1st of this month.
The having “proximity to any kind” with crazy Beto and also denies having received any value.
Ciro filed a lawsuit against ICL Notícias, requesting compensation for moral damages. The vehicle reported that it considers the gesture an attempted judicial harassment and that “reaffirms the quality of its journalistic practices”.
TAP is administered by businessman Epaminondas Chenu Madeira. ICL Notícias had access to WhatsApp conversations between Mattosinho and Epaminondas, in which the owner of TAP quotes “Beto” and “Moha”, referring to Beto Crazy and Mohamad (cousin).
“Brother is fucking the situation Beto and old man. I’m coming back, let’s change an idea. For us to align. But the guys there so fucking. But I’m carrying on her back alone,” wrote Epaminondas on March 14, 2025, at 4:50 pm. The report transcribed the message as it was written.
Sought, the cousin’s defense said it will not speak. Already Beto Louco’s lawyer, Celso Vilardi, did not return the contacts.
TAP operated five aircraft in 2023 and this year operated ten, according to Mattosinho.
In a statement, the company reported “unaware of any statement assigned to an employee about aircraft acquisition” and acting “in compliance with the law.” The company states that “he was unaware of the involvement of investigated in Operation Hidden Carbon until its outbreak.”
“Finally, it cannot provide information about customers or passengers without authorization or by the request of the competent authorities,” he added.
Aircraft on behalf of third parties
Mattosinho says that Rueda constantly travels on jets operated by the same company, although he was not the pilot of these flights. It was mentioned as “Ruedinha”, diminutive of his name.
A and the controversies involving the president of União Brasil were reported last year in UOL.
“[Rueda] She is a person who had done business with Piracicaba air taxi since I got there as an employee, about two years ago. He was already a name that circulated as [sendo] Partner at a small aircraft, “he recalls.
The aircraft to which it refers to is the Raytheon 390 Premier twin-engine jet, registration PR-JRR.
According to ANAC records, the aircraft belongs to the company Phoenix Participações, controlled by lawyer Caio Vieira Rocha, son of former STJ Minister (Superior Court of Justice) César Asfor Rocha; For former Senator Chiquinho Feitosa (Republicans-CE) and a dealership owner of Pernambuco.
Speaking on behalf of the partners, Vieira Rocha denied that Rueda has participation in the aircraft or traveled in her.
“Antonio Rueda is not the owner of the aircraft and not partner of any of the three partner companies of the aircraft,” wrote Vieira Rocha.
According to official records, the jet was purchased by Phoenix for US $ 2.3 million (R $ 13 million) on October 2, 2024. The transaction was made with RZK Empreendimentos Real Estate, which had purchased the aircraft in 2014.
RZK belongs to José Ricardo Rezek, who is a donor of União Brasil, among other parties, and close to Antonio Rueda. Rezek was on the guest list of the subtitle president this year.
By note, the company said it did not sell aircraft to Rueda. “He never acted as an intermediary in any purchase and sale and much less participated in the negotiations. The cited aircraft was regularly sold to Phoenix Participações Ltda., In accordance with legal rules,” he said.
The other three bimotor jets that, according to the pilot, would have been purchased with Rueda’s participation are: a Gulfstream G200, registration PS-MRL; a citation Excel, PR-LPG registration; and a citation 2, PT-FTC registration.
Gulfstream G200 and Citation Excel belong to companies controlled by Bariloche Participações S/A, a company with a capital of R $ 110 million and controlled by investment funds managed by the genius bank.
A single quotaholder of the Vienna Multimard Investment Fund owns Bariloche’s heritage, according to the Real Estate Values Commission (CVM). Your identity is not disclosed in public documents.
“Rueda has nothing to do with Bariloche Participações SA, nor is it or has been a quotaholder of the Vienna Multimard Investment Fund,” said the advisory of the president of União Brasil.
The fourth aircraft quoted by the pilot, CitationJet, is in the name of Serviços Serviços.
Located in property from the periphery of Imperatriz (MA), the company has as its main activity of cattle creation, but records diverse secondary activities, ranging from pouch services not performed by the post office, as registered with the IRS. The firm is in the name of Antonia Viana Silva Soares.
Sought, she said she is unaware of the activities of Sfeg. “I don’t know what you’re talking about, no,” she said, hanging up the phone. Then it blocked the report number of the report.
The use of investment funds to hide equity or to perform money laundering operations was one of the main findings of recent PF operations that aimed at the CCP and in financial companies based on Avenida Faria Lima, in São Paulo.
Interest in aircraft that went to Greece
Mattosinho stated that the president of União Brasil was interested in acquiring a fifth aircraft, a 550 series Gulfstream, PS-FSR registration, capable of making intercontinental trips. The negotiation of this luxury model starts from $ 10 million ($ 54.5 million). The pilot does not know if the transaction was realized.
The jet was on sale in July this year, according to the announcement published on the social networks of a company that sells aircraft.
However, the company’s said this week that it is no longer available.
The aircraft is registered on behalf of players agent Luis Fernando Garcia, owner of Elenko Sports. He denied the ICL News that his jet was sold and that Rueda made trips to him.
Garcia blocked the contact of the report in the application. He claimed that he would not answer the questions because he understood that they are private businesses.
In August, Rueda brought together politicians, businessmen and artists to celebrate her 50th anniversary on the Greek island Mykonos, which is part of an archipelago in the Aegean Sea.
The ADSB Exchange Global Flight Monitoring website shows that Gulfstream traveled on July 31 from the Mykonos region. Rueda’s birthday was celebrated on August 4 on the island.
Also according to the monitoring site, the aircraft left the 10th of the region towards Brazil, appearing near Sorocaba (SP) on the 11th.
The owner of TAP sent messages from WhatsApp to Mattosinho on August 6, talking about the service in Greece, to which we also had access. “Brother. I’m in an absurd rush with a plane there in Greece. You can play with Brunão PFV is fucking here. 2 days fools. Accompanying programming of Greece,” wrote Epaminondas to the employee.
To the report, Rueda said she traveled in British Airways commercial flight to Greece, days before the flight identified by the report. And denied having acquired the aircraft quoted by the pilot.
Investigated by the Bolsonaro government
TAP is officially registered in the name of Epaminondas Madeira’s mother. The businessman, and also a pilot, however, is the one who plays the business. He is a partner of two other air taxi companies, ATL Airlines and High Aviation.
Mattosinho says he was driving the twin-engine Israel G150, prefix PR-SMG, which belongs to the owners of Copape oil products. Cousin and crazy Beto would still be hidden members of Epaminondas in the purchase of two other jets.
Public documents show that ATL Airlines and High Aviation are Capri’s shareholders of the Participation Investment Fund, which has as a legal representative Rogério Garcia Peres, the target of the operation performed by MP-SP against the CCP scheme. He is on the run.
Lawyer, Peres is appointed by the prosecution as “investment fund administrator, widely involved with the Mohamad group, a partner in gas stations.”
He was appointed on September 17, 2019 by the then Executive Secretary of the Ministry of Economy, Marcelo Pacheco dos Guaranys, to exercise the mandate of counselor (representative of taxpayers), with the first ordinary class of the Third Chamber of the First Judgment Section of the Ministry of Tax Appeals Board.
The folder at the time was headed by Paulo Guedes.
According to MP-SP, Peres would also be the controller of Altinvest Management and administration of third party resources, also the target of the operation.
The fund manager appears as a Capri Fund administrator in a 2024 financial statement report, registered with the Securities Commission (CVM), with the name Ruby Capital Management and administration of third party resources.
The report found, however, that the CNPJ registered in the document with this name is the same as Altinvest.
Mattosinho states that Ruby’s name was quoted by Epaminondas Madeira and a TAP lawyer, during a dialogue they kept when the pilot resigned.
According to the pilot, Epaminondas’s lawyer stated that the “Ruby was intact”, wanting to say that the fund had not been identified by PF and MP-SP operations, which revealed not true as Altinvest was the target of Operation Hidden Carbon.
