Delegate is convicted of leading extortion of businessmen in SP

by Andrea
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A delegate from was sentenced, this Friday (17/10), to more than 29 years in prison for being part of one from the city of Indaiatuba, in the interior of . There is still an appeal.

According to the Public Ministry of São Paulo (), José Clésio Silva de Oliveira Filho is appointed as leader of the group, made up of civil police officers, municipal guards, public servants, lawyers and private individuals who worked irregularly at the city police station. For this reason, the agent received the highest sentence.

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In addition to the years of sentence, the convicted defendants lost their respective public positions and must compensate the victims in more than R$600,000, in addition to paying R$10 million for collective moral damages to the .

I also determine that the amounts obtained after freezing the defendants’ assets must be used to compensate for the losses caused to the victims and the community. “The sentence also highlighted that the conduct of the convicts undermined the credibility of the Civil Police”, says the MPSP.

Extortions

  • According to the prosecutor’s office, investigations show that the criminal group carried out police raids without judicial authorization, seizing goods from legitimate companies under false allegations of crimes.
  • The defendants then demanded large sums from the victims to avoid possible arrests. To do this, they relied on the intermediation of lawyers, who, instead of defending their clients, encouraged the crimes committed by public servants.
  • The gang was discovered and arrested during Operation Chicago, launched in March 2024. 13 arrest warrants and 17 search and seizure warrants were served at the time.
  • The defendants were convicted based on a complaint from the Special Action Group to Combat Organized Crime (Gaeco).

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