In addition to the arrests and search and seizure warrants, the kidnapping and assets worth approximately R$4.7 million were confirmed.
Federal police teams carried out the second phase of Operation Overclean on the morning of Monday 23rd and arrested four suspects. Among them is a PF agent. The action investigates the involvement of politicians and public officials in an alleged scheme of fraud in tenders and diversion of parliamentary amendments.
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In total, ten search and seizure warrants were issued, four for precautionary custody, one order for the precautionary removal of a public official, as well as the seizure of assets worth approximately 4.7 million reais. This sum would have been obtained by the criminal organization through the crimes investigated and several luxury vehicles.
The warrants were served on Brasilia (DF), Salvador (BA), Lauro de Freitas (BA) and Vitória da Conquista (BA).
The investigation also reveals that the gang is suspected of having moved around 1.4 billion reais, of which 825 million reais in contracts with public bodies this year alone. The contracts would be fraudulent and for overpriced work.
The group also consisted of an information support cell, with police officers, whose function was to transmit sensitive information to the gang, including the identification of federal agents involved in confidential investigations.
The task force, comprising PF, Federal Public Prosecution, Revenue and Union Comptroller General, arrested 15 people till the beginning of the month and removed eight civil servants for alleged involvement in the criminal scheme.
17 preventive arrest warrants and 43 search and seizure warrants were served in Bahia, Tocantins, São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Goiás. The crimes investigated are active and passive corruption, embezzlement, procurement and contract fraud and money laundering.
**With information from Estadão
Source: Terra
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