The PCDF (Civil Police of the Federal District) launched this Thursday (7) the “Insider” operation, which investigates a corruption and money laundering scheme at BRB (Banco de Brasília).
The operation, according to the PCDF, aims to investigate the activities of a structured nucleus identified through incompatible financial transactions, involving two public employees of the BRB, a federal public servant, businesspeople and interconnected legal entities.
“The investigations were initiated through information passed on by the district bank itself, which detected irregularities occurring in one of its branches, such as suspicious operations and non-compliance with compliance rules, by the branch manager”, states the DF Civil Police.
The investigators identified financial movements estimated at R$15 million, involving suspicious transfers between individuals and legal entities, operations with an intensive use of cash and evidence of asset concealment through the acquisition of high-value vehicles and fractional circulation of resources.
The investigation also investigates possible irregularities involving structured operations within the scope of BRB DTVM (Distribuidora de Títulos e Valores Mobiliários) – a subsidiary of BRB, focused on the administration and management of investment funds, custody of securities and intermediation of public and private securities.
During the investigations, according to the PCDF, it was identified that a BRB employee, responsible for intermediating asset portfolios, had carried out the sale of assets worth more than R$60 million reais.
On the dates immediately following the operations, this employee would have received a percentage of the operation, the amount being considered incompatible with the income formally declared by him.
Those investigated are residents of the Federal District, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. The operation carries out 17 search and seizure warrants, in addition to financial blocking proportional to the value of suspicious movements in the bank accounts of those being investigated, blocking transfers of eight luxury vehicles and a property in the Federal District.
The suspects may face charges of corruption, criminal organization and money laundering, with a combined sentence of up to 30 years in prison.
