Documents sent by the CPI (Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry) on Organized Crime indicate millionaire transfers from , from , to law firms and companies linked to (MDB), (), (PSD), (União Brasil) and former ministers Guido Mantega, Fabio Wajngarten, and .
The data obtained by Sheet indicate that, from 2024 to 2025, Master paid R$ 18.5 million to Henrique Meirelles, former president of the Central Bank in the first terms of () and former holder of Temer’s Treasury, and R$ 14 million to Pollaris Consultoria, a company from , in the economic portfolio during PT administrations.
The bank also reported payment of R$10 million to Temer’s law firm in 2025 and R$6.4 million, since 2023, to two offices belonging to Rueda, national president of União Brasil.
Two companies owned by the Massa family, presenter Ratinho and the governor of Paraná, Ratinho Junior, also appear in the Master data produced by the IRS. Gralha Azul Empreendimentos e Participações, linked to the governor, received R$3 million in 2022, according to Master. Ratinho’s Massa Intermediação received R$21 million from 2022 to 2025. The presenter was one of the poster boys for the bank’s payroll card, CredCesta.
In a statement, Grupo Massa’s press office stated that “it has built a trajectory based on practices widely recognized by the market with income declared to the Federal Revenue, including advertising campaigns and partnerships with various brands and companies.” “His performance is not
is confused with the conduct of third parties with whom he maintained contractual relations”, he added. Ratinho Junior did not respond to contacts made by Sheet.
Meirelles stated that he provided consultancy to Master and ended his contract in July 2025. Temer stated that he received a smaller amount for services provided, and Rueda did not respond. The report sent messages to Mantega’s phone late this Wednesday morning (8) and also tried to contact him by phone, but received no response until the publication of this text.
Revenue documents also include payments from 2022 to 2025 worth R$12 million to BN Financeira, a company owned by Bonnie Bonilha, daughter-in-law of the leader of the Lula government in the Senate, (PT-BA).
The senator also appears on the list having paid a smaller amount, R$289 thousand, as an individual. Wagner states that the amount refers to income from investment in an individual account, who does not have a CNPJ and who has never received any payment from the Master. BN Financeira says it provided services to Banco Master by issuing an invoice, between 2022 and 2025.
Revenue data shows amounts paid by Master since 2022, without correction for inflation, in 2024 and 2025 to the office of the minister’s wife, Barci de Moraes Sociedade de Advogados, as revealed by the Sheet. Part of the amounts transferred by Master to companies and politicians was retained due to the collection of taxes withheld at source.
Vorcaro’s defense was sought, but he did not speak out until the publication of this text.
Lewandowski Advocacia received at least R$6.1 million in payments, which began in November 2023. The firm’s partners are the son and wife of Ricardo Lewandowski, former minister of the Federal Supreme Court and Justice in the Lula government. He left the company in January 2024, days before entering the government. The former minister says that the office provided legal consultancy services to Master.
Vorcaro’s bank also paid R$5.45 million to A&M Consultoria Ltda, a company owned by the former mayor of Salvador and pre-candidate for the Government of Bahia ACM Neto, from 2023 until the last year. The consultancy states that the services were properly provided and that it cannot validate the values mentioned.
WF Comunicação, which belongs to the former Secretary of Social Communication of the government of (PL), Fabio Wajngarten, received at least R$3.8 million from Vorcaro’s bank in 2025. He is also considered by Aldo Rebelo (DC) in a presidential ticket. Wajngarten says he is part of Vorcaro’s defense team and provides services to the former banker.
A Sheet searched for all the names mentioned in the report as beneficiaries of payments declared by Master. Temer stated that he provided mediation services when hired by the bank and that he received two payments, R$5 million and R$2.5 million.
Rueda’s office was contacted via messages at 7:30 am and 9:39 am. The president of União Brasil was also contacted for calls between 9:30 am and 10 am, but did not respond.
Meirelles stated that his contract had the objective of providing consultancy on macroeconomic and financial market matters. “I didn’t have the slightest knowledge of the bank’s operations, I found out from the newspapers. At first, they demanded more of my services, then they started to demand little and I terminated the contract in July 2025”, he said.
In a note, former minister Lewandowski’s office says that he returned to law after leaving the STF, in April 2023, and retired from the office when he took over the Ministry of Justice the following year. The office became controlled by his family and maintained a contract with the Master.
“In addition to several other clients, he provided legal consultancy services to Banco Master. When invited by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to take over the Ministry of Justice and Public Security, in January 2024, Lewandowski withdrew from his law firm and suspended his registration with the Brazilian Bar Association, as determined by current legislation”, he states.
The consultancy for ACM Neto’s company, A&M Consultoria, states that “the services mentioned by the newspaper were contracted in a lawful, transparent manner, and properly provided” and that it cannot confirm the values ”allegedly declared to the Federal Revenue Service as it did not have access to this data”.
The note also states that the contract was signed when the A&M partners did not hold public positions. “A petition was presented to the PGR (Attorney General’s Office) and the STF in which A&M made itself available to provide any clarifications and details of the services provided, as well as requesting that the leak of confidential tax data be investigated”, he says.
Wajngarten told Sheet who was introduced to Vorcaro in the first half of 2025 through his former banker’s lawyers and became part of the defense team, of which he is part to date. The contract has a confidentiality clause and, therefore, was not made public.
Bonnie Bonilha’s company, BN Financeira, states that the services to the Master “aimed at prospecting and indicating public and private credit operations and agreements”, upon provision of a note, and that the only two partners are Moisés Dantas and Bonnie Bonilha.
“There is no investigation or police investigation into the matter, as there is no irregularity. All resources received by BN Financeira were made officially, accounted for and through the issuance of an invoice, formally distributed to partners and declared to the Federal Revenue”, he states in a note.
Vorcaro was arrested for the second time in early March by the Federal Police on suspicion of running a fraud and threat scheme. He negotiates a plea bargain.
