Testimonies from those investigated in the Banco Master case that will be held next week should be decisive in defining the next steps involving the investigation at the Federal Supreme Court (STF). The assessment is made by ministers of the Court, who estimate that any possible solution to try to reduce the discomfort caused by the handling of the case by Minister Dias Toffoli must occur after this stage.
In the evaluation of members of the STF, with the conclusion of the testimonies and the analysis of the evidence obtained, it will be possible to have a more precise assessment of whether the investigations will continue in the Court, or their return to the first instance. As O GLOBO showed, the movement came to be considered as a way out to overcome the wear and tear generated by decisions adopted by Toffoli.
The case ended up in the Supreme Court because the name of a federal deputy was mentioned in material seized in Operation Compliance Zero that arrested the owner of Master, Daniel Vorcaro, known for cultivating a wide network of contacts in Brasília. It is possible that, after next week’s testimonies, there will be a conclusion that there would no longer be a need for the investigations to continue being processed in the STF due to the absence of mention of people with jurisdiction due to the prerogative of their role.
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The very definition of the testimonies generated friction with the Federal Police, which had initially determined that the hearings would take place throughout the next week, for six days. Toffoli, however, determined that a new calendar be drawn up by the investigators, distributing the questions over two days to be carried out at the STF itself — a determination that caught the attention of those following the case, since hearings are usually held at the PF.
Deponents must be questioned about the evidence collected by the PF within the scope of the two phases of Operation Compliance Zero, which were launched in November 2025 and January this year. Last week, the Supreme Court ordered the blocking of R$5.7 billion from the targets’ accounts and 42 search and seizure warrants in five states.
Among the nine who will provide clarifications to the PF are former partners of Daniel Vorcaro, the owner of Banco Master, such as Augusto Ferreira Lima, Luiz Antonio Bull, Alberto Feliz de Oliveira and Angelo Antonio Ribeiro da Silva; former directors of BRB, such as Dario Oswaldo Garcia Junior, and the institution’s current superintendent of Financial Operations, Robério Mangueira.
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Daniel Vorcaro and Paulo Henrique, former president of BRB, are not expected to give new statements. They were heard at the end of last year as determined by Toffoli.
The investigators are investigating the crimes of fraudulent management, reckless management and criminal organization in the creation of “unsubsistent” credit portfolios from Master to BRB for a value of R$12 billion.
