The Joint Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPMI) which investigated fraud at the National Social Security Institute (INSS) rejected, in the early hours ofthis Saturday (28th), the final report about the scheme of undue discounts on benefits for retirees and pensioners. The document formulated by the rapporteur, federal deputy Alfredo Gaspar (União Brasil-AL), proposed. There were 19 votes against 12.
The president of the commission, senator Carlos Viana, refused to discuss the alternative text presented by the government. The CPMI was finalized without the presentation of a final report.
According to the report, the son of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) would have maintained links with central operators of the schemeincluding international trips and suspicious financial transactions in partnership with Antônio Carlos Camilo Antunes, who became known as the “INSS Baldhead”. The document also suggested changes to legislationsuch as: specifically criminalizing the abusive approach of elderly people when offering credit; initiate criminal proceedings against the perpetrator of the fraud automatically, without relying on a complaint, in the case of victims over 60 years of age; and strengthen the investigative prerogatives of the CPIs.
The report also indicated the indictment of:
- “INSS Baldhead”: main financial operator and lobbyist, who managed shell companies to circulate embezzled money and pay bribes to public agents;
- Daniel Vorcaro, from Banco Master: Due to irregularities in payroll contracts without proof of veracity;
- Alessandro Antônio Stefanutto, former president of INSS: appointed as the “head” of illicit activities in the municipality, facilitating the approval of agreements with fraudulent entities and obstructing inspections in exchange for monthly bribes of approximately R$250,000;
- Virgílio Antônio Ribeiro de Oliveira Filho, former INSS attorney general: allegedly used his position to give the scheme legal viability and loosen controls, receiving at least R$6.5 million in bribes;
- André Paulo Félix Fidelis, former INSS benefits director: responsible for ensuring the signing of Technical Cooperation Agreements (ACTs) with the investigated associations and preventing internal audits upon receipt of undue advantages;
- Maurício Camisotti: appointed as a business leader and hidden partner of the AMBEC association, being one of the direct beneficiaries of fraud that generated more than R$1 billion;
- Carlos Roberto Ferreira Lopes, president of Conafer: alleged intellectual mentor of the criminal organization at the core of Conafer, determining the fraudulent obtaining of signatures from elderly people and controlling the distribution of diverted resources;
- Cecília Rodrigues Mota: lawyer and central coordinator, accused of being responsible for giving the appearance of legality to fraud, paying bribes and controlling associations through “oranges”;
- Senator Weverton Rocha (PDT-MA): allegedly acted as a “political support” for the criminal organization and received benefits as a silent partner in the group’s operations.
- Euclydes Pettersen (Republicanos-MG): appointed as an essential figure in the Conafer scheme, acting as an interlocutor to guarantee the nomination of names of interest to the organization for the presidency of the INSS;
- Maria Gorete Pereira (MDB-CE): was the target of the sixth phase of Operation Without Discount. The report points to robust evidence of his participation in criminal organization crimes, corruption and money laundering;
- Carlos Lupi, former Minister of Social Security: pattern of deliberate omission, malfeasance and political shielding by agents installed at the top of the INSS;
- José Carlos Oliveira (Mohamad Oliveira Andrade), former Minister of Labor and Social Security: allegedly acted as a facilitator and beneficiary of a criminal network installed at the top of the social security administration.
Government base report
On Friday (27), federal deputy Paulo Pimenta (PT-RS) presented the document formulated by the government base from the INSS CPMI calculation. In an interview with journalists, the congressman announced that the report proposed the of undue discounts. The parliamentarian stated that the dossier represents the “majority thought” of 2/3 of the collegiate.
According to the deputy, the report suggests that Bolsonaro be held accountable for three crimes: qualified theft against the elderly, criminal organization and administrative improbity. “We have no doubt that this criminal organization had a centralized command,” stated Pimenta.
The parliamentarian added that the undue discounts on the INSS have a “direct link” with the Banco Master case. Pimenta stated that “part of the money” coming from benefit charges “ended up in campaigns” of the former minister Onyx Lorenzonifrom the governor of São Paulo, Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicans), and Bolsonarothrough deposits made by Fabiano Zettelbrother-in-law of Vorcaro.
Pimenta also informed that the report proposed, in total, the indictment of 201 peoplewith 130 public and private agents. It was also suggested that the Federal Police (PF) deepen the investigation against 62 individuals and nine legal entities. The senator and pre-candidate, Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ), appears on both lists.
“Our report is not a . It is a document that actually addresses what the investigation was. The conclusions we reached are evidence-based. […] We were able to categorically demonstrate the crimes they committed. There is no serial indictmentthere is no attempt to hold anyone accountable with the aim of carrying out pre-election political disputes”, declared the congressman.
According to the deputy, the associative discounts have existed since the government of Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1995–2003). However, only from 2017, under Michel Temer’s management, did the charges without authorization from retirees.
To journalists, Pimenta stated that the “major internal changes” at INSS took place from 2019 onwardswith the arrival of Bolsonaro in the Planalto. The deputy reported that, through a decree from the then government, “a large volume of institutions emerged that began to receive authorization to make associative discounts”. The parliamentarian also said that the charges were extended to pensioners after internal change in the municipality.
“We will demonstrate throughout our report how this scheme worked. We will also demonstrate that nine groups were structurally organized in an institutional corruption scheme and endemic within the structure of the State”, said Pimenta.
Finally, the deputy stated that they were nine legislative proposals suggested to protect retirees and pensioners and prevent new practices from happening again.
STF overturns extension
On Thursday (26), the Plenary of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) André Mendonça in extending the INSS CPMI. On Monday (23), by complying with a writ of mandamus filed by the collegiate body that accused the presidency of the Upper House of omission.
On February 23, Viana announced that he filed a request to extend INSS CPMI activities for another 60 days. Days later, on March 3, the president of the collegiate informed that he had decided to file a writ of mandamus with the STF.
At the time, the senator said that spoke with Alcolumbre about the extension of the commission. Viana informed that the president of the Senate “has not yet made a decision on the matter”, but “would soon give an answer”.
CPMI Balance Sheet
Installed on August 20, 2025, the INSS CPMI held 38 meetings. They were heard 36 witnesses. Others 36 summoned did not appear due to a court decision, medical impediment or failure to respond to the invitation. The collegiate received 1,996 documentswith 649 coming from the Financial Activities Control Council (Coaf), 619 from the Federal Revenue, 73 from the INSS, 72 from the STF and 31 from the PF.
Still in 2025, the committee heard Antônio Carlos Camilo Antunes. The commission’s rapporteur qualified the “INSS Baldhead” as “author of the biggest robbery of retirees and pensioners in the history of Brazil”. According to data collected by CPMI, he was the operator of the scheme and would have generated R$24.5 million in five months.
