Brazil Banco Master Scandal
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Investigations into alleged fraud at Banco Master put Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, Brazil’s solicitor general and other officials under scrutiny. Brazilian groups and commentators call for an independent inquiry, while police accuse the solicitor general’s office of failing to challenge measures linked to Justice André Mendonça.
Brazil’s PGR asks to close investigation into Vorcaro’s allegations of mistreatment
Brazil’s Prosecutor General’s Office has asked for the allegations made by former Banco Master owner Daniel Vorcaro to be archived, saying his account did not provide concrete grounds for an investigation. Vorcaro raised the allegations during testimony before Supreme Court Justice André Mendonça. He said he was being pressured not to enter into a plea bargain that could implicate Federal Police D…
Silence at Brazil’s top court after Moraes dives into the Master case
The Supreme Federal Court’s plenary session ended in silence as controversy grew around conversations between banker Daniel Vorcaro and Justice Alexandre de Moraes. Neither Moraes, Justice André Mendo…
Federal Police report says Brazil’s top prosecutor intervened in public prosecutors’ council election
Messages seized by Brazil’s Federal Police portray Prosecutor General Paulo Gonet intervening in an election to lead the body representing state and federal prosecutors. The alleged intervention was a…
Laughter at snack break, silence in chamber as Brazil’s top court faces Moraes-Vorcaro fallout
Alexandre de Moraes smiled at reporters but said nothing as Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court tried to project normality one day after details emerged about his connection to banker Daniel Vorcaro. Morae…
Brazil’s Supreme Court Reaches a Point of No Return
Brazil’s Supreme Court has entered what Folha describes as the greatest crisis in its history, after investigations into alleged billion-dollar accounting and financial fraud at Banco Master exposed a…
Searching for the unsuspected in Brazil's justice system
Who avoided the Lisbon forums, the party in Trancoso, and the whisky and cigar tasting in London? Who declined the friendship of Vorcaro, Esteves, the Batista brothers and the “bet-boys”? Who stayed a…