Toffoli authorizes PGR to analyze material seized in investigation involving Master

Minister Dias Toffoli, of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), authorized the Attorney General’s Office (PGR) to extract and analyze all the material seized in the operation involving the Master bank this Wednesday.

The decision was taken after a statement from the Attorney General of the Republic, who requested the reconsideration of a previous determination by the rapporteur. Initially, Toffoli had ordered that the seized goods and devices be sealed and kept in custody at the STF headquarters.

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The document refers to the statement given by Haddad in which the minister classified the Master case as, possibly, the “biggest bank fraud” in the country’s history.

When analyzing the request, Toffoli highlighted that the evidentiary material must be assessed by the holder of the criminal action in order to adequately form the conviction of the Public Prosecutor’s Office regarding the materiality and authorship of the crimes investigated.

This Wednesday, the PF carried out the second phase of the Compliance Zero operation, which investigates suspected fraud at the bank. One of the targets was the bank owner, Daniel Vorcaro. In November last year, he was arrested in the first phase of the operation, about to embark for Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates.

This Wednesday, his brother-in-law, businessman Fabiano Zettel, target of the operation, was arrested when he was at an airport also heading to Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. He was subsequently released.

Operation Compliance Zero aims to deepen investigations into alleged financial fraud attributed to Banco Master. Vorcaro was targeted again after the PF suspected ‘new crimes’ committed by him.

During the investigations, the agents collected luxury cars and watches, R$98,000 in cash, a revolver, as well as electronic devices and documents considered relevant to the advancement of the investigations.