Entrepreneurs create offshores to launder money diverted from amendments, says PF

Federal Police say brothers Alex Rezende Parente and Fábio Rezende Parente, entrepreneurs of the construction industry investigated in Operation Overclean, set up a “sophisticated and structured capital washing scheme and patrimonial concealment”.

In a note in the third phase of Overclean, launched this month, lawyer Sebastian Mello, who represents the entrepreneurs, said that “all facts will be timely clarified before the competent authorities, as soon as they have full access to the decision and other elements of the case.”

The PF found that in November 2024 they constituted three offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands, Caribbean Fiscal Paradise: Lexpar Capital & Assets Corp, BioPar Capital & Assets Corp and Flap Jet Assets Management Corp.

“The creation of these offshore structures denotes the clear objective of hindering the screening of illicit resources and ensuring the patrimonial shield of the values ​​arising from the criminal scheme under investigation,” says the PF in an Overclean report.

Investigators now seek to identify the exact amount sent abroad. According to the PF, the “insidious and complex character of the employed method” has made work difficult.

The Federal Police became aware of the companies from messages found on Fábio’s mobile phone and seized documents at the headquarters of the company of the company Larclean Health Ambiental Ltda.

In addition to the constitution of offshores, entrepreneurs would also have used private contracts, known as “drawer contracts”, to hide property of properties bought with illicit resources, according to the PF.

Alex is pointed out as “responsible for strategic deliberations of planning the execution of illicit actions”. Fabio would be the financial operator and mentor of the scheme.

When the first phase of the operation was triggered in December 2024, federal police seized R $ 1.5 million with Alex Parente in a jet in Brasilia.

The inquiry of Operation Overclean was sent to the Federal Supreme Court (STF) because Deputy Elmar Nascimento (Union-BA), who has a privileged forum, was quoted. He denies irregularities and states that the parliamentarian who indicates amendments “has no competence and does not become responsible for the execution of the funds and the inspection of the respective works and services”.