INSS will notify retirees to return illegal discounts from Tuesday
The president of the National Institute of Social Security (INSS), Gilberto Waller, said on Thursday (8) that the agency began notifying about 27 million retirees and pensioners who were not harmed by the discount scheme improper in social security benefits. The measure is a preparatory step for the return of values to those who had their earnings fraudulently discounted.
According to Waller, starting next Tuesday (14), it will be the turn of insured who suffered illegal discounts receive personalized notifications. The communication will be made exclusively through the my INSS application and by phone 135, official channels of the federal government.
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“Next Tuesday the INSS will release another information, now for those Brazilians, those policyholders, who had some associative discount. They will be informed. They do not need to run,” said the president of the municipality, during a press conference at Planalto Palace.
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Waller stated that all harmed will be reimbursed, provided there is no evidence that discounts have been properly authorized. From next week, retirees and pensioners will be able to consult directly:
- Which association was responsible for the discount;
- What is the total amount charged.
If the citizen identifies that the collection has not been authorized, it may confirm that it is a fraud – without the need to attach documents or vouchers. The system will then automatically generate a charge to the association involved.
The press conference was attended by ministers Jorge Messias (Attorney General of the Union), Vinicius Marques de Carvalho (Comptroller General of the Union), Wolney Queiroz (Social Security), besides Waller himself.
Minister Wolney Queiroz stated that President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT) determined that the government will “go to the last consequences” in the determination of fraud and the responsibility of the culprits.
“President Lula ordered me to take care of our retirees so that no INSS insured would be at the injury,” said the minister.
The fraud scheme was revealed by the Operation without a discount, triggered by the Federal Police and CGU at the end of April. According to investigations, associations and unions registered retirees without consent and discounted values directly from the payroll of the INSS, often using false signatures. The estimated loss reaches R $ 6.3 billion between 2019 and 2024.
