The (Court of Auditors of ), Manoel de Andrade, states that the situation of the (Bank of ) is like that of someone who previously had excellent health and is now admitted to an ICU (intensive care unit).
“The bank, which was in excellent health, is now in the ICU with a serious condition; I would say it is tuberculosis or pneumonia”, he states. “Unless they’ve fattened the bank [durante a gestão anterior] precisely to eat the liver.”
The TCDF currently has ten cases directly or indirectly related to the BRB, the vast majority of which are confidential. The main one, from , from , is reported by counselor Anilcéia Machado.
The judge is also the rapporteur of a representation made in February against the actions of former bank president Paulo Henrique Costa, for allegedly receiving bribes from Master.
On Friday (8), the minister of the STF (Supreme Federal Court) André Mendonça from the Papuda Penitentiary Complex to the 19th Military Police Battalion of the Federal District, known as Papudinha — a sign that negotiations regarding a plea bargain have advanced.
BRB faces serious capital and liquidity problems due to fraudulent operations with Master. The bank’s plan A to get out of the crisis is a loan worth R$6.6 billion from the FGC (Credit Guarantee Fund).
The loan comes up against, however, a lack of guarantees from the Government of the Federal District — the majority shareholder of BRB. At the end of last month, the governor of DF, Celina Leão (PP), who is right-wing, tried to unlock the money.
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