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A former commissioned employee at the Institute of Penitentiary Administration of Acre (-AC), already dismissed from his position, was convicted, along with 13 other people, for participating in a criminal scheme to divert gasoline and diesel oil from the municipality. The conviction was determined by the Court of Criminal Organizations of the District of Rio Branco, in a decision handed down on Monday (2).
According to the sentence, four members worked directly in executing the scheme, while the other ten were responsible for purchasing the diverted fuel. Photo: Civil police
In total, 14 people were convicted of the crimes of embezzlement, receiving and criminal association. According to the sentence, four members worked directly in executing the scheme, while the other ten were responsible for purchasing the diverted fuel.
The main convict is José Júnior de Paula Moraes, former head of Iapen’s transport sector, a position he held since 2018. According to the Court, he used his strategic role to authorize and release fuel into the municipality’s official system, allowing the diversions to continue. He was sentenced to 13 years, 10 months and 20 days in prison, in an initial closed regime. The server’s dismissal was published in the Official State Gazette on November 9, 2021, days after his arrest.
The following were also condemned as members of the operational core of the scheme:
- Júnior Teixeira da Silva, appointed as intermediary and coordinator of the group, sentenced to nine years and two months in prison, in a closed regime;
- Luziel Santiago dos Santos, identified as a logistics operator at a gas station used by the scheme, sentenced to 11 years in prison, in a closed regime;
- Damasceno Inglez Cardoso, identified as responsible for the absorption and disposal of the diverted fuel, sentenced to 14 years in prison, in a closed regime.
Ten other convicts, identified as buyers of the diverted fuel, also received significant sentences. They are:
- Marcelo Belo da Costa – nine years and six months in prison, closed regime;
- Clarmi Carneiro Raizer Pasquim – nine years and six months in prison, closed regime;
- Edimar Pasquim – nine years and six months in prison, closed regime;
- Edimar Pasquim Júnior – seven years and 11 months in prison, semi-open regime;
- Edvaldo Pasquim – nine years and six months in prison, closed regime;
- Maria Barbosa Rodrigues – seven years and 11 months in prison, semi-open regime;
- Gilvan Onofre Tessinari – nine years and six months in prison, closed regime;
- Valberto Tessinari Leite – nine years and six months in prison, closed regime;
- Edward Gonçalves de Oliveira – nine years and six months in prison, closed regime;
- Leonardo Silva Prudente – seven years and 11 months in prison, semi-open regime.
According to investigations by the Civil Police, the group diverted around 10,000 liters of fuel per month, resold to businessmen and farmers at prices well below the market, causing an estimated loss of more than R$4 million to public coffers. The scheme operated between 2018 and November 2021, when the first phase of Operation Ouro Negro was launched.
