With , owner of , the strategy is to target the former president of to link the biggest banking scandal in the country to the government (PL) and also try to undermine the presidential candidacy of the senator (PL-RJ).
Campos Neto is always seen as an economic reference among Bolsonarists and a possible name to lead a new Ministry of Economy if Flávio is elected. Currently, global head of public policies at Nubank. It is too.
It was during his management at BC that Banco Master ended up being created and grew amid fraud. The former president of the BC has defended himself by saying that the monetary authority did not remain inert and warned Vorcaro’s bank to adjust its conduct to current rules.
Campos Neto was contacted this Wednesday (4) through his advisor, but there was no response.
At the home of former Central Bank director Paulo Sérgio Neves de Souza, who served in the role between 2019 and 2023, under the Campos Neto administration.
The minister of the (Supreme Federal Court) André Mendonça stated, when authorizing the warrants, that Souza acted as a “” of Vorcaro.
According to the minister, there is evidence that the former director intermediated or assisted Banco Master in corporate and financial operations, even indicating potential interested parties in the purchase of a financial institution linked to Daniel Vorcaro’s group. He would also have acted as an informal interlocutor between the banker and market agents.
Another BC employee targeted in this Tuesday’s operation is Belline Santana, who was also accused by the PF of working for Vorcaro within the monetary authority. He even expressed an opinion on a letter that Banco Master would send to the department previously headed by Belline, and maintained telephone contact with Vorcaro on several occasions.
Both were removed from public service by order of the STF and must wear an electronic ankle bracelet.
The minister of SRI (Secretariat of Institutional Relations), stated on social media that the former director is accused of receiving money for not supervising the Master. “Why didn’t Campos Neto act against Vorcaro’s frauds while he was president of the BC?” he asked.
She also criticized deputy Nikolas Ferreira (PL-MG), who used a jet from a Vorcaro company in the 2022 election campaign, to ask for votes for former president Jair Bolsonaro.
“This ‘Class’ of Nikolas’ friends spied on authorities, invaded the databases of the Public Ministry and the Federal Police, organized attacks on Vorcaro’s enemies and even against journalists. And the far-right Class, of Bolsonaro and Nikolas, still wants to dump this scandal in the laps of others”, he says.
The parliamentarian has claimed that he does not know Vorcaro, that the plane belonged to an air taxi company and that the banker was not yet involved in public irregularities at the time. On the networks, he has made posts suggesting that Vorcaro make a plea bargain.
Former PT leader in the Chamber, the deputy (RJ) presented a criminal report to the (Attorney General’s Office) asking that Campos Neto be investigated for alleged intentional omission in bank supervision.
“What’s left for the PF and PGR to also investigate Roberto Campos Neto’s role in the Banco Master fraud?” asked the PT member, on social media.
How, the Master case caused shocks in the political world on both the right and the left.
One of the politicians closest to Vorcaro was the president of the PP, senator Ciro Nogueira (PI), an ally of Bolsonaro.
Former PT minister Guido Mantega (Finance) was a consultant for Master and, last year, he was informed about the relationship between the government leader in the Senate, Jaques Wagner (PT-BA), with a Master partner, but received the assessment that there would be no risk of involvement in the scheme.
