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🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

Mendonça authorizes Vorcaro's trip to Brasília on Federal Police jet

Minister André Mendonça of the Supreme Federal Court has authorized banker Daniel Vorcaro to fly to Brasília on a Federal Police jet for a Senate hearing.

Feb 27 • 19:06 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Mendonça authorizes Vorcaro to testify in the Senate commission

Minister André Mendonça of the Supreme Federal Court authorized Daniel Vorcaro, owner of Banco Master, to testify before the Senate's Economic Affairs Commission.

Feb 27 • 17:17 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
Crime & Justice

Credcesta, linked to Master, has complaints of unrecognized discounts and persistent calls

Complaints from users of the Credcesta card reveal issues with unauthorized salary deductions and persistent telemarketing calls.

Feb 27 • 07:00 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

Motta rules out opening CPI on Master: 'Not even if I wanted to'

The President of the Chamber, Hugo Motta, dismissed the possibility of opening a Parliamentary Inquiry Commission (CPI) regarding the Banco Master fraud, citing regulatory constraints and existing investigations by other authorities.

Feb 26 • 15:50 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Fictor Alimentos requests inclusion in the judicial recovery of its controlling company

Fictor Alimentos has requested to be included in the judicial recovery process of its parent company following adverse business impacts from the company's financial struggles.

Feb 26 • 13:31 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

BRB studies selling stakes in different subsidiaries as part of capitalization plan

BRB (Banco de Brasília) is considering selling minority stakes in its subsidiaries to raise funds due to financial issues following losses with Banco Master.

Feb 26 • 07:00 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Analysis: The Organized Crime CPI gains explosive potential and can breach political shielding in the Master case

The Organized Crime Parliamentary Inquiry Commission (CPI) in Brazil has unexpectedly gained significant attention and power amid the ongoing crisis involving Banco Master.

Feb 26 • 03:00 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

BRB proposes a capital injection of up to R$ 8.86 billion for the bank after losses with Master

BRB has proposed a capital injection of up to R$ 8.86 billion for its shareholders following losses related to Banco Master.

Feb 26 • 00:38 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

BRB tried to overturn recommendation against the acquisition of Master made to the Central Bank

The former president of BRB sought to appeal a recommendation to the Central Bank that aimed to prevent the bank's acquisition of Master due to allegations of fraud and manipulation.

Feb 25 • 21:44 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

CPI of Crime approves disclosure of company owned by Toffoli

The Organized Crime CPI approved a request for the disclosure of Maridt Participações, a company linked to Minister Dias Toffoli, in connection to its financial activities over the past years.

Feb 25 • 15:45 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Senate Committee Sets New Date for Testimony of Vorcaro, Owner of Banco Master

The Senate's Economic Affairs Committee has rescheduled the testimony of Banco Master owner Daniel Vorcaro to March 10, at his defense's request.

Feb 25 • 15:00 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

Congress and Banco Master

The case of Banco Master has become highly controversial, with divisions in Congress over how to handle the investigations into the financial fraud.

Feb 25 • 02:00 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

DF government presents new project to try to rescue BRB, investigated in the Master case

The Federal District government has introduced a new project aimed at rescuing the Bank of Brasília, which is under investigation related to significant financial fraud.

Feb 25 • 01:10 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

CVM has six accusations against Banco Master and Reag awaiting judgment

The Brazilian Securities Commission (CVM) has announced six accusations against Banco Master and Reag, awaiting judicial resolution amid ongoing financial fraud investigations.

Feb 24 • 23:30 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

DF government ignored MP warning while continuing negotiations to purchase Banco Master, documents indicate

The government of the Federal District of Brazil proceeded with plans to acquire Banco Master despite warnings from the Federal Public Ministry about the risks involved in the transaction.

Feb 24 • 22:20 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

Company linked to Banco Master bought share in oil well

Rubicão S.A., a company connected to Banco Master, acquired a 60% stake in an oil exploration field in Itaparica, Bahia.

Feb 24 • 18:30 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Vorcaro will be heard in Senate committee next Tuesday and in person, says Renan Calheiros

Daniel Vorcaro, owner of Banco Master, will testify in person before the Senate's Economic Affairs Committee next Tuesday as part of a significant investigation into financial fraud.

Feb 24 • 16:34 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Central Bank announces new liquidator for Banco Master

The Central Bank of Brazil has appointed a new liquidator for Banco Master due to health issues of the previous administrator.

Feb 24 • 09:57 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Decision on the Master's case remaining in the STF should occur in 60 days, after analysis of material seized by the PF

The Supreme Federal Court in Brazil will decide in 60 days whether the Master case will remain with the court or be sent to lower judiciary, following a thorough examination of seized materials.

Feb 24 • 01:51 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

In a new meeting with the Federal Police, Mendonça receives an update on the investigations into the Banco Master case

Supreme Court Minister André Mendonça received an update from the Federal Police regarding ongoing investigations into the Banco Master case.

Feb 23 • 23:38 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Senate Commission will decide on Tuesday regarding Vorcaro's testimony, says Renan

The Senate's Economic Affairs Committee in Brazil will decide on Tuesday about the testimony request from Daniel Vorcaro, head of Banco Master, amid a significant financial fraud investigation.

Feb 23 • 19:19 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

Senate bypasses Alcolumbre and investigates Master case even without its own CPI

The Brazilian Senate is circumventing its president Davi Alcolumbre's refusal to establish a Commission of Inquiry (CPI) into Banco Master by pursuing the case through multiple fronts.

Feb 23 • 15:00 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

Congress Leadership Signals to Vote for Lesser Sentence for Bolsonaro If CPI Pressure For Master Cools Down

The Brazilian Congress leadership has suggested they may vote on a bill reducing prison sentences for convicted coup participants, including former President Jair Bolsonaro, if pressure to establish a parliamentary inquiry into Banco Master eases.

Feb 23 • 02:00 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

Fachin confirms the archiving of the request for the disqualification of Toffoli in the Master case

The Brazilian Supreme Court has officially archived a request for the disqualification of Justice Dias Toffoli from investigations related to Banco Master.

Feb 22 • 21:46 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Federal Police transfers confidential data from Master to CPMI of INSS

Confidential data concerning Banco Master and its owner Daniel Vorcaro has been transferred to the CPMI of INSS for investigation into retirement and pension frauds.

Feb 22 • 20:13 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

Mendonça calls for new meeting with the Federal Police about Banco Master

Minister André Mendonça has called for a new meeting with the Federal Police regarding investigations into Banco Master, scheduled for Monday, October 23.

Feb 22 • 01:31 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

Investigation of authorities at Vorcaro's party should evaluate behavior and use of public resources, say experts

Experts suggest that if investigations into the Banco Master scandal advance to assess authorities who attended events hosted by former banker Daniel Vorcaro, their actions concerning public resource usage will need scrutiny.

Feb 21 • 15:00 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Almost R$ 8 million lost: losses in a fund linked to Banco Master may affect retirements of civil servants in MG

Civil servants in Pouso Alegre, MG may struggle to receive their pensions due to significant losses in a fund associated with Banco Master.

Feb 21 • 13:20 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

André Mendonça releases confidential data from the Master case to the INSS CPI; decision reverses ruling by former rapporteur, Dias Toffoli

Minister André Mendonça has granted the INSS CPI access to confidential information regarding Daniel Vorcaro, the owner of Banco Master, reversing a previous decision by former rapporteur Dias Toffoli.

Feb 21 • 00:41 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

Public Accounts Ministry requests TCU to lift secrecy of the Master case

The Brazilian Public Accounts Ministry has requested the TCU to lift the total secrecy imposed on the investigation involving the Central Bank and the liquidation of Banco Master.

Feb 20 • 19:51 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Banco Master: CNJ demands explanations from the Paraíba Court of Justice about judicial deposits of R$ 2.6 billion to BRB

The National Justice Council (CNJ) has demanded that the Paraíba Court of Justice explain a judicial deposit of R$ 2.6 billion made to Banco BRB as part of an ongoing investigation.

Feb 20 • 19:45 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

Ten judges and a secret

Brazil's Supreme Court judges are now focused on keeping secret the exact relations of two of them with Banco Master, amid ongoing investigations into political conspiracies.

Feb 20 • 18:08 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Legislative Chamber of the Federal District archives another impeachment request against Ibaneis Rocha

The Legislative Chamber of the Federal District has archived three impeachment requests against Governor Ibaneis Rocha following recommendations from the Attorney General.

Feb 20 • 12:34 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

After Toffoli's decisions, Mendonça resumes 'ordinary flow' of expert examinations and testimonies in Master investigation

Brazil's Minister of the Supreme Federal Court, André Mendonça, has reinstated standard procedures for expert examinations and testimonies in the Police Federal's investigation of Banco Master, following previous restrictive measures from former rapporteur Dias Toffoli.

Feb 19 • 23:35 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

Mendonça decides that Vorcaro is not obliged to testify before the INSS CPI, and the former banker considers not going

Brazil's Supreme Court Minister André Mendonça ruled that Daniel Vorcaro, owner of Banco Master, is not required to testify before the mixed Parliamentary Inquiry Commission (CPI) related to the INSS.

Feb 19 • 23:26 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Investigators of the Federal Police are satisfied with André Mendonça's appointment as the new rapporteur of the Master case

The appointment of André Mendonça as the new rapporteur for the Master case has relieved Federal Police investigators, who feared disruptions in their investigations.

Feb 19 • 18:49 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Renan Calheiros says Centrão maneuvers to dilute testimony of Vorcaro in the Senate

Senator Renan Calheiros claims that the Centrão is manipulating the scheduling of bank owner Daniel Vorcaro's testimony to lessen its impact on a Senate inquiry.

Feb 19 • 17:52 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

The Women of the Banco Master Parties

The article discusses alleged sexual exploitation connected to parties organized by Banco Master, drawing parallels to the Jeffrey Epstein case.

Feb 19 • 17:03 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
Crime & Justice

Former Master Partner, Augusto Lima Had Meteoric Rise and Short Life as a Banker

Augusto Lima, the owner of Banco Pleno, experienced a rapid rise in the financial sector but faced legal troubles that led to the downfall of his bank.

Feb 19 • 02:00 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Central Bank settles another institution belonging to the Master Group; 160 thousand customers invested nearly R$ 5 billion in Banco Pleno

The Central Bank of Brazil has liquidated Banco Pleno, part of the Master Group, due to severe financial instability impacting 160,000 clients who invested almost R$ 5 billion.

Feb 19 • 01:01 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

After delays, the INSS CPI schedules Daniel Vorcaro's testimony for February 23

The INSS CPI has scheduled banker Daniel Vorcaro's testimony for February 23 after multiple postponements.

Feb 18 • 23:19 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

FGC has already paid 84% of creditors of Banco Master, totaling R$ 37.2 billion

The Credit Guarantee Fund (FGC) has disbursed R$ 37.2 billion to creditors of Banco Master, accounting for 84% of total payments due.

Feb 18 • 16:43 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

Former BRB Director Called to Provide Clarifications in Internal Audit

Dario Oswaldo Garcia Júnior, the former Finance and Control Director of BRB, is set to provide information regarding frauds connected to Banco Master during an upcoming internal audit.

Feb 18 • 15:57 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Who is Augusto Lima, owner of Banco Pleno and former partner of Daniel Vorcaro

The article discusses the recent liquidation of Banco Pleno, led by Augusto Lima, and his controversial past, including connections with notable political figures and involvement in fraud cases.

Feb 18 • 15:46 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

Brazilian authorities investigate whether Vorcaro has properties, artworks, and other assets in the US

Brazilian authorities are investigating luxury properties and artworks in Florida tied to banker Daniel Vorcaro and Banco Master, following what might be the largest bank fraud in the country's history.

Feb 18 • 14:59 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

With Pleno, the case amount for FGC exceeds R$ 50 billion

The extrajudicial liquidation of Banco Pleno raises the total compensation amount for the FGC related to the Master case to R$ 51.8 billion.

Feb 18 • 13:26 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Banco Pleno was owned by a banker connected to Petistas from Bahia

The Central Bank of Brazil liquidated Banco Pleno, associated with banker Augusto Lima, who has ties to the Workers' Party in Bahia, highlighting the ongoing financial crisis linked to the Master financial group.

Feb 18 • 11:52 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Central Bank decrees liquidation of Banco Pleno, which was part of Master

The Central Bank of Brazil has announced the judicial liquidation of Banco Pleno S.A., extending the same status to its affiliated company, Pleno Distribuidora, due to compliance and management issues.

Feb 18 • 10:39 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

BC decrees liquidation of Banco Pleno, which was part of the Master conglomerate

Brazil's Central Bank has decreed the extrajudicial liquidation of Banco Pleno, linked to the Master conglomerate, amid financial fraud investigations.

Feb 18 • 10:26 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

STF needs to close the police station

The article discusses the political turmoil surrounding Brazil's Supreme Federal Court and its recent handling of the Banco Master case, suggesting tensions with the Federal Police.

Feb 18 • 02:00 UTC

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