The São Paulo Criminal Police launched an internal investigation to identify the origin of the leak of photos of businessman Daniel Vorcaro taken while the banker was detained in the Potim state prison. According to the management of governor Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicans), the corporation’s Internal Affairs Department is monitoring the investigation, which aims to hold those who participated in the leak criminally responsible.
“The Penitentiary Administration Secretariat emphasizes that the personal data and images of all those held in custody in the São Paulo prison system are protected in accordance with current legislation and that there are no differentiated protocols for individual cases”, says the corporation, in a note.
The arrest of the banker during the third phase of Operation Compliance Zero, last week, placed the suspicions that have accumulated over his management at Banco Master back at the center of the debate.
In the images, Vorcaro appears with his hair shaved, handcuffed with a strap and dressed in a uniform and slippers. He was arrested in São Paulo last Wednesday and transferred to the federal penitentiary in Brasília two days later.
Vorcaro arrived in the federal capital last week under tight security to be transferred to the federal penitentiary system. The measure was determined by the Minister of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) André Mendonça, after the Federal Police highlighted risks to public safety and the physical integrity of the person being investigated, if he remained in a state prison.
In the decision that authorized the transfer to the federal system, Mendonça stated that the case falls within the hypotheses provided for in Law No. 11,671/2008, which allows the inclusion of pre-trial or convicted prisoners in federal prisons when the measure is justified in the interests of public security or the person in custody.
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Investigation against Vorcaro
The most sensitive point in the investigation against Vorcaro is the investigation of a possible connection between the capital that fueled the bank’s accelerated growth and the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC). The Federal Police are investigating whether part of the resources handled by the group had illicit origins.
The suspect elevated the case to the STF and placed the banker under direct investigation by the PF.
Another axis of the investigation involves:
- Loans considered atypical;
- Flash transactions with Reag management funds;
- Cases of extraordinary profitability — a fund would have recorded a return of 10,502,205%.
When contacted at the time, Vorcaro’s defense said that the former banker did not obstruct the work of the authorities or Justice in the Master case and that he collaborated with investigations.
Read the full note from the Tarcísio government:
“The Penal Police of the State of São Paulo initiated an investigative procedure to identify the origin and hold those involved in the leak of the aforementioned images responsible. The investigation is monitored by the institution’s Internal Affairs Department. The Penitentiary Administration Secretariat emphasizes that the personal data and images of all those held in custody in the São Paulo prison system are protected under the terms of current legislation and that there are no different protocols for individual cases.”
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