Brazilian Labor Minister dismissed as fraud investigator – Observer

The Brazilian Labor Minister was suspended this Thursday by the Federal Supreme Court (STF) in a lawsuit filed in Brasilia by the Federal Police (FP), which investigates fraud in union files. ] According to the Brazilian information portal G1, in addition to the suspension of the post, Minister Helton Yomura is prevented from going to the Ministry of Labor and keeping in touch with other employees or employees.

PF also fulfills this Thursday, an investigation and a warrant of seizure in the office of MP Nelson Marquezelli

Thursday's action of the PF is a development of the operation "Spurious Register" , which dismantled an alleged criminal organization composed of politicians and officials alleged to have fraud in the granting of union records by the Ministry of Labor. In all, 10 search and seizure orders and three temporary arrest warrants issued by the Federal Supreme Court (STF) in Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro

are issued in addition to the searches authorized by the STF upon request. Federal Police and Attorney General's Office (PGR), will be taxed on the precautionary measures being considered to prohibit politicians from visiting the Ministry of Labor and maintaining contact with other investigators or officials.

According to the PF, investigations and materials seized in the early phases of the operation "Pest Recording", indicate the integration of new actors and emphasize that the positions in the structure of the Ministry of Labor were filled with persons engaged in the interests of the criminal group, allowing the maintenance of illegal actions

last year, the police raided the offices of MPs Paulinho da Força, Jovair Arantes and Wilson Filho, whose prisons

According to the investigations, the "political core" of the supposed schema would have as participants, in addition to these deputies, retired MP Roberto Jefferson; Deputy MP Ademir Camilo Prates Rodrigues; and Senators Dalírio Beber and Cidinho Santos, currently with the suspended mandate. The PF also asked for the arrest of Robert Jefferson, but Edson Fachin did not allow it. According to the judge, there are indications that Jefferson was aware of this scheme, but did not benefit from it.

In Sao Paulo, police searched Força Sindical and the General Workers Union (UGT). Leonardo José Arantes and Rogério Papalardo Arantes, nephews of the deputy Jovair Arantes, are other targets of the operation, for which warrants have been issued.

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