Minister of the STJ considered the arrest of all those investigated to be illegal; singer is implicated in money laundering scheme in
R$1.6 would
Minister Messod Azulay Neto, from the STJ (Superior Court of Justice), ordered this Thursday (April 23, 2026) the release of Ryan Santana dos Santos, known as , and those temporarily in . The Federal Police are investigating a scheme worth R$1.6 billion in money laundering from clandestine betting.
The decision considers that the arrests were made under illegal premises and determines the immediate restoration of the freedom of those investigated. Among the beneficiaries are the person responsible for the page.
For the minister, the decision of the 5th Federal Criminal Court of Santos went beyond its powers by decreeing a temporary arrest of 30 days, while the representation of the Federal Police predicted a period of five days.
In a note, Ryan’s defense stated that the STJ recognized, in a preliminary habeas corpus decision, the illegality of the arrests and determined the adoption of the necessary measures to restore the freedom of those being investigated. According to lawyers, the legal consequence is the revocation of the prisons, given the error within the set deadline.
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Launched on April 15, Operation Narco Fluxo carried out 45 search and seizure warrants and 39 temporary arrest warrants, issued by the 5th Federal Court in Santos (SP), in the states of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Pernambuco, Espírito Santo, Maranhão, Santa Catarina, Paraná, Goiás and the Federal District.
Who is MC Ryan
The singer is identified as the main leader of the money laundering scheme, mixing amounts received from bets with income from artistic activities. According to investigators, he used companies to integrate resources from shows and copyrights with values arising from the illegal exploitation of bets.
The Federal Police states that the singer would be the final beneficiary of the structure, with bank transactions incompatible with the declared revenue and receipt of millions of reais from intermediaries linked to unregulated betting and influencers investigated for digital fraud.
According to the report, the structure used financial operators to make it difficult to track resources before integrating them into personal assets, with subsequent use in the acquisition of luxury goods, such as vehicles, real estate and jewelry.
“Tiger’s Game”
According to the Federal Police, the central axis of the scheme would be the exploitation of unregulated bets and online raffles. The report points out that the company OMS Tecnologia was used to receive large volumes of money deposited by bettors.
According to investigators, the company would function as a financial intermediary, accumulating amounts via Pix and distributing the resources with mechanisms to hide the final recipients, making tracking difficult.
