INSS official warned of entities related to 2020

An employee of the National Institute of Social Security (INSS) warned the Federal Police (PF) in 2020 about the scheme of irregular discounts on retirees and pensioners involving Conafer (National Confederation of Family Farmers and Rural Family Entrepreneurs of Brazil). However, the operation that revealed the deviation of up to R $ 6.5 billion was only triggered by 2025, resulting in the removal of the president of the INSS and the Minister of Social Security.

According to the report of the National newspapera person who did not identify himself sought the PF in 2020 after receiving death threats. She worked in the area responsible for analyzing discounts on social security benefits and reported suspicious and out -of -standard growth in the number of joint joints. In January 2020, the entity had about 80,000 affiliates with authorized discounts on the INSS. In October of the same year, the number jumped to more than 250 thousand, even with the agreement suspended.

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A report by the Comptroller General of the Union (CGU) showed that Conafer was the entity with the highest absolute increase in the volume of improper discounts. The amount rose from R $ 400 thousand per year in 2019 to R $ 57 million in 2020 and reached R $ 202 million in 2023.

Denunciation and attempted blockade ignored

In February 2021, the same INSS official gave testimony and reaffirmed his suspicions about Conafer. At the time, the agreement that allowed a direct discount on leaf had been suspended in September 2020, after identifying the irregularities. However, a few months later, the responsibility for the analysis of these agreements was transferred from the Board of Benefits to the Directorate of Service, allowing the rehabilitation of the agreement with Conafer.

Carlos Roberto Ferreira Lopes, President of Conafer, was heard by the Federal District Civil Police in March 2021 and denied any responsibility for the irregular discounts, assigning the failures to Dataprev, a public company responsible for the INSS data processing. At the time, he refused to detail his income, alleging confidentiality clause.

The Federal District Court determined in 2021 that the Federal Police assume the investigation. However, the inquiry was only resumed in 2025, when the operation without discount was triggered, leading to the removal of the then president of the INSS and the Minister of Social Security, Carlos Lupi.

In course investigations

To date, the PF discountless operation has revealed that the INSS retirement and pensions scheme has moved up to R $ 6.5 billion between 2019 and 2024. In addition to Conafer, other associations and unions are also targeted by the investigation, and new developments are expected in the coming weeks.

The Federal Police have already arrested suspects, seized luxury cars, cash and documents proving the diversion of resources.