Mendonça broke the confidentiality of Roberta Luchsinger, Lulinha’s friend

Lobbyist is identified as a link between President Lula’s son and the businessman known as Careca from INSS; she denies

The minister, of the STF (Supreme Federal Court), authorized in January 2025 the breach of confidentiality of, a well-known lobbyist in Brasília and friend of Fábio Luís Lula da Silva, known as Lulinha. The president’s son’s secrets were also in the same batch.

The INSS CPMI had approved Roberta’s breach of confidentiality on February 26. The lobbyist appealed to the STF. Minister Flávio Dino this Wednesday (March 4, 2026) announced the commission’s decision. He declared that the congressmen did not present a “concrete foundation” to support the request. It turns out that Mendonça had already authorized the break. The lobbyist and Lulinha’s data are being analyzed by the Federal Police.

Roberta Luchsinger is identified as the link between Lulinha and businessman Antônio Carlos Camilo Antunes, known as and who has been there since September 2025. The Federal Police are investigating whether the lobbyist received money from illegal retirement deductions and whether she acted as a cashier for other people’s expenses, such as Lula’s son, who lives in Spain. She .

Mendonça is the rapporteur at the Supreme Court of the investigation that investigates fraud involving illegal discounts in payments to INSS beneficiaries. The judge to the STF in December 2021, appointed by (PL). In addition to reporting on the investigation into the INSS scandal, the minister also reported on the Banco Master case – by the Central Bank and suspected of having used false credit titles in its balance sheets.

FRIENDSHIP WITH LULINHA

Roberta has a close relationship with Lulinha. THE Poder360 in December 2025 that they traveled together at least 6 times in 2024 and 2025. Both of their reservations had been registered under the same locator code. It was a trip to Portugal and 5 inside Brazil:

O Poder360 also that conversations between Roberta and Careca from INSS mention Lulinha. In one of these exchanges, she seems worried about having tickets to a show. A note in a diary brings the direct reference “Fábio (son Lula)” alongside information about credentials for access to a box at an event in Brasília. The event and date were not specified.

Roberta asks Careca from INSS: “Get rid of those phones”.


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