Virtual trial continues until next Friday (3); The votes of STF Ministers Toffoli, Nunes Marques and Edson Fachin are missing, as Gilmar Mendes declared himself prevented to judge the case
The Minister of the Federal Supreme Court (), voted on Friday (26) to maintain the arrests of businessmen Antonio Carlos Camilo Antunes, known as e . The vote was delivered in the virtual judgment of the Second Panel of the Court. The board will decide whether to endeavor the minister’s individual decision that determined the arrests on September 12.
The accused are investigated by the Federal Police in the investigation that investigates the improper discounts of associative tuition in the benefits of retirees and pensioners of the National Institute of Social Security (). In a statement at the Mixed Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry on Thursday (25), Antunes said he is innocent and will deliver documents to the PF that proves this.
By determining arrests, Mendonça said the measures are necessary to ensure the progress of the investigation. “Investigations of the without discount operation point to the existence of a complex criminal structure, with dozens of operators at different levels, oriented to the continuing discouragement of social security resources for retirees and pensioners, with damage to thousands of people,” said the minister.
Virtual trial continues until next Friday (3). The votes of Ministers Dias Toffoli, Nunes Marques and Edson Fachin are missing. Gilmar Mendes declared himself prevented to judge the case.
*With information from Agência Brasil
Posted by Carol Santos
