Post by messi05 on Jan 24, 2024 5:49:46 GMT
Minister Luiz Fux, of the Federal Supreme Court, precautionarily removed five advisors from the Mato Grosso Court of Auditors — including the president, Antônio Joaquim Moraes, and the inspector general, José Carlos Novelli. Disclosure/TCE-MT President of TCE-MT, Antônio Joaquim Moraes, and other advisors were mentioned in the ex-governor's complaint. Disclosure/TCE-MT Alongside Waldir Júlio Teis, Valter Albano da Silva and Sérgio Ricardo de Almeida, they are accused of being part of a scheme of passive corruption, tax evasion, money laundering and criminal organization. Investigations indicate that Novelli, former president of the TCE-MT, asked for a bribe of R$53 million from members of the court to allow construction work for the 2014 World Cup in Cuiabá to continue.
Fux also authorized search and seizure at the Buy Phone Number List counselors' house. The case involves one of the investigations based on a plea bargain by the former governor of Mato Grosso Silval Barbosa. According to the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo , Barbosa said that the amount was transferred through contracts with the state government. The former governor said that the TCE-MT even pointed out irregularities in the Integrated MT program, for the maintenance of state highways, but allowed the works to resume after signing a Conduct Adjustment Term. The TCE ended up suspending its operation and the session scheduled for this Thursday (14/9), but reported having already appointed replacement counselors to maintain the activities.
The only effective advisor who was not involved, Gonçalo Domingos de Campos Neto, assumed the presidency on an interim basis. Fux also authorized searches and seizures of properties linked to the Minister of Agriculture, Blairo Maggi , in Brasília and Rondonópolis. For the minister, the evidence that Maggi committed the crime of obstructing the investigation of crimes by a criminal organization is “vehement”. The warrants also reached the addresses of 14 politicians in the state, including state deputies and the mayor of Cuiabá, Emanuel Pinheiro. According to the whistleblower, representatives of the Legislative Assembly received a “little monthly” – R$600,000, in 12 installments of R$50,000 – from the then governor in exchange for supporting projects or abstaining from investigations by members of the government's leadership.
Fux also authorized search and seizure at the Buy Phone Number List counselors' house. The case involves one of the investigations based on a plea bargain by the former governor of Mato Grosso Silval Barbosa. According to the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo , Barbosa said that the amount was transferred through contracts with the state government. The former governor said that the TCE-MT even pointed out irregularities in the Integrated MT program, for the maintenance of state highways, but allowed the works to resume after signing a Conduct Adjustment Term. The TCE ended up suspending its operation and the session scheduled for this Thursday (14/9), but reported having already appointed replacement counselors to maintain the activities.
The only effective advisor who was not involved, Gonçalo Domingos de Campos Neto, assumed the presidency on an interim basis. Fux also authorized searches and seizures of properties linked to the Minister of Agriculture, Blairo Maggi , in Brasília and Rondonópolis. For the minister, the evidence that Maggi committed the crime of obstructing the investigation of crimes by a criminal organization is “vehement”. The warrants also reached the addresses of 14 politicians in the state, including state deputies and the mayor of Cuiabá, Emanuel Pinheiro. According to the whistleblower, representatives of the Legislative Assembly received a “little monthly” – R$600,000, in 12 installments of R$50,000 – from the then governor in exchange for supporting projects or abstaining from investigations by members of the government's leadership.
