Arrested for possible link with the PCC, influencer and lawyer said she was arrested “in the exercise of her profession”
Influencer and lawyer Deolane Bezerra stated on Thursday (May 21, 2026), during a virtual custody hearing, that she had been arrested “in the exercise of the profession”. She is detained on suspicion of involvement with the PCC (First Command of the Capital).
Deolane said she received R$24,000 from a client who, according to her, was included in a police report.
“I was arrested while practicing my profession. At the time of the events, I was a lawyer. It’s a very old process, 2019, 2020. And I want to make it very clear, even though I know that this is not about merit, but that I was arrested because I was a lawyer for an amount of 24 thousand reais deposited in my account by a client that appears in the police report itself”said Deolane.
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Deolane Bezerra went this Friday (May 22, 2026) to the Tupi Paulista Women’s Penitentiary, in the interior of São Paulo. She was imprisoned in the Santana Women’s Penitentiary, in the north of São Paulo. She was arrested on Thursday (May 21, 2026), in Alphaville, district of Barueri.
In a note this Friday (May 22, 2026), Deolane’s defense that she has “absolute innocence” on accusations of links with the PCC.
OPERATION VERNIX
Operation Vérnix, which arrested the influencer on Thursday (May 21), investigates the use of a cargo transport company based in Presidente Venceslau (SP) as a front company. According to the investigation, the structure would have been used to move money from the PCC leadership and transfer amounts to Marcola’s family and third parties.
The investigation began in 2019, after the seizure of notes and manuscripts from 2 prisoners at Penitentiary 2 of Presidente Venceslau. The material cited internal orders from the faction, contacts with high-ranking members and mentions of violent actions against public servants.
One of the excerpts mentioned a “carrier woman”which would have collected addresses of public agents. From this, investigators began to investigate the relationship between a cargo company and the PCC.
Investigators claim that Deolane received R$1 million in fractional deposits below R$10,000 from 2018 to 2021. Almost 50 deposits destined for two of the influencer’s companies were also identified, totaling R$716,000.
