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PF Says Gonet’s Son Asked Vorcaro to Join London Event at Banker’s Expense

From Folha de S.Paulo · () Portuguese

Translated from Portuguese and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Brazil’s Federal Police says Pedro Gonet, son of Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet, asked banker Daniel Vorcaro to cover his expenses for a London legal forum that was later canceled.
  • Messages analyzed by investigators indicate that Pedro Gonet and lawyer Ciro Soares were approved for paid travel, while Paulo Gonet was also expected to attend.
  • The report comes as Brazil’s Supreme Court inquiry into Banco Master seeks a response from the Prosecutor-General’s Office about messages mentioning possible assistance for Vorcaro.

Pedro Gonet, the son of Brazil’s prosecutor-general, asked Daniel Vorcaro to take him to a London event with his expenses paid, according to a Federal Police report examining messages from the former Banco Master owner. The legal forum was planned for last year but never took place.

Friendship is everything, brother.

— Ciro SoaresA message to Daniel Vorcaro during their initial contact.

The messages describe contacts involving Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet, lawyer Ciro Soares and Vorcaro. Gonet was expected to participate in the forum. The relationship initially involved matters concerning Jarbas Soares Júnior, a former prosecutor-general of Minas Gerais, before the conversations turned to organizing the London event, which Banco Master would finance.

In March, Soares sent Vorcaro a photograph of himself with Gonet and wrote, “Call here. He wants to talk to you.” Other messages referred to travel to Rome and London. The police report says Soares told Vorcaro that Gonet would go to London with them and forwarded a message expressing hope that there would be cigars and Macallan whisky.

Gonet is firm.

— Ciro SoaresSoares described Paulo Gonet in a message to Vorcaro.

The next day, Soares said Gonet had asked whether his son could join the trip. Vorcaro replied, “Obviously.” On April 11, 2025, a Banco Master employee asked whether the listed guests were approved to travel to London with expenses paid by the bank. Vorcaro rejected part of the list but approved payment for “Pedro and Ciro,” referring to Pedro Gonet and Ciro Soares.

Obviously.

— Daniel VorcaroVorcaro replied when asked whether Pedro Gonet could join the London trip.

Paulo Gonet did not comment through his press office. Soares said there was no secrecy surrounding the guest list because participants’ names appeared in public event documents. He also said the forum never took place and that inviting business leaders, lawyers, administrators and speakers to seminars was not illegal. The Supreme Court judge overseeing the Banco Master inquiry has separately asked the Prosecutor-General’s Office to respond to messages in which Vorcaro sought help from people identified as “Andrei and Paulo.”

There is no secrecy surrounding the list of guests for the seminar mentioned.

— Ciro SoaresSoares defended the guest list in a written statement.
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Originally published by Folha de S.Paulo in Portuguese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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