BRB (Bank of ) intends to hand over next week to the Federal Police and the Central Bank to investigate operations with , of .
The preliminary report was sent to the PF on January 29th and to the Central Bank on February 2nd, according to BRB. The independent investigation is conducted by Machado Meyer Advogados, with technical support from Kroll Associates Brasil.
The report must contain a list with the names of those possibly involved in the purchase of R$12.2 billion in fraudulent credit portfolios from Master and in the frustrated attempt to purchase the institution itself — an operation that ended up vetoed by the BC.
The governor of the Federal District, Celina Leão (PP), asked the president of the BRB, Nelson de Souza, to “mention the technical report”. According to her, the measure is necessary “to guarantee transparency in the investigations”.
“The decision does not anticipate any judgment and respects the right to contradictory proceedings, but ensures that investigations take place independently and responsibly,” said Celina in a statement released on Wednesday (1st).
the former director of finance and controllership at BRB Dario Oswaldo Garcia Júnior has been working at a bank branch since January. Dario was removed from his position in November, when the first phase of Operation Compliance Zero took place, which led to the liquidation of Master.
He had his assets blocked, his passport seized and was removed from the BRB board for 60 days by court order, as was the institution’s former president Paulo Henrique Costa. Both are investigated.
Former director of controls and risks at BRB Luana de Andrade Ribeiro was also removed from her role in January and allocated to a bank branch. Luana was not the target of Operation Compliance Zero.
Although the two had previously lost their positions, the employees mentioned in the forensic audit have not yet been removed. On Tuesday (31), the bank even sent an internal statement denying a table with the names of 41 people allegedly responsible.
BRB was contacted this Thursday (2), but did not want to comment.
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