Head of the pension fund, Deivis Marcon Antunes was one of the targets of action, this Friday (23), which investigates alleged investments by the municipality in Banco Master
The governor of Rio de Janeiro, Cláudio Castro (PL), decided this Friday (23) to dismiss the director-president of the Single Social Security Fund of the State of Rio de Janeiro (Rioprevidência), Deivis Marcon Antunes. The dismissal was published in an extra edition of the Official Gazette of the State of Rio de Janeiro (Doerj).
Castro’s decision came after the Federal Police (PF) launched, also this Wednesday, the which investigates nine financial transactions carried out by Rioprevidência that total around R$970 million in investments allegedly destined for Banco Master. The corporation carried out four search and seizure warrants at the pension fund headquarters. The targets of the operation were Deivis Marcon Antunes, investment director Eucherio Lerner Rodrigues and former investment manager Pedro Pinheiro Guerra Leal.
In a note sent to Young Panthe Palácio da Guanabara reported that “in December, it established an internal procedure, through the State Comptroller General, to investigate the facts relating to investments made by the municipality”. The Rio Previdência government also added that the body investigates not only “possible damage to the public treasury”, but also “possible disciplinary transgressions by managers” at Rioprevidência.
