The influencer Virginia Fonseca has received the attention not only of its public, but, recently, also of the Federal Police (PF), in investigations that point to possible irregularities by companies linked to the artist. Reports from the Financial Activities Control Council (COAF) indicated suspicious financial movements, as detailed in a report from Domingo Espetacular on Sunday (7). Recently, the no Instagram.
The starting point for the PF investigation was the documents and data analyzed by the National Congress during the “CPI das Bets”, commission for which the about advertising for online betting platforms. In her participation, Virgínia revealed that her company . Although the CPI final report was rejected in the Senatethe analysis of the documentation gathered led to an investigation being opened at the Federal Police.
The highlight of the investigation is the amount received by the influencer’s company, Talismã Digital, which amounted to R$22.4 million between March and September 2024, an interval of just six months. Of these transfers, R$ 21.4 million were via Pix and R$ 1 million through TEDs.
A Most of these amounts were sent by a single company payment processor, the Amp Pay Marketing, which transferred R$ 17.7 million in the period for Virginia’s company. According to the report, the accounting inconsistency in this case comes from Amp Pay’s inclusion in the Brazilian tax regime. Simple Nationalwhich has a legal ceiling of revenue of R$4.8 million per year. The fact that the company moves more than three and a half times its annual maximum Only for the influencer did the PF alerts come on for potential tax maneuvers or hidden money.
Investigation
With the investigation underway, the Federal Police are working on three fronts:
- A real origin and destination of the millionaire funds received, seeking to investigate whether they correspond to the provision of advertising services as an influencer or whether there is a simulation of contracts.
- The existence of tax and financial irregularities by the use of companies with movements of values incompatible with their tax brackets.
- Possible signs of the crime money laundering.
In a note sent by Virginia Fonseca’s lawyers to Record’s journalism team, the defense argued that financial transfers do not prove any type of irregularity by the influencer and their brands. Lawyers argue that the fact that a Bank transactions being classified as atypical does not mean that they are an illegal act. Virginia’s defense also denied any link between the influencer’s company, Wepink, and people or associates of the organized crimehighlighting that the company has its own structure, with independent governance and auditing and performance following Brazilian legislation.
