MPF denounces Buzeira and ten others for money laundering at Narco Bet; understand

The Federal Public Ministry filed a complaint against influencer Bruno Alexssander Souza Silva, known as Buzeira, and ten other people, accusing the group of structuring a broad money laundering scheme that operated in parallel with betting platforms and fictitious businesses. The document was obtained by the newspaper The State of S. Paulo.

The investigation, called Operation Narco Bet, shows that the influencer and his associates moved large amounts of money through shell companies, raffles and digital transactions.

According to the MPF, Buzeira was responsible for boosting the initial flow of resources, using clandestine betting and online promotions to generate irregular money. The defendants’ defense denies all the accusations.

Accountant Rodrigo de Paula Morgado, resident of Santos, would have taken charge of the financial wheels, opening shell companies, arranging simulated transfers and converting amounts into cryptoactives to mask the true origin of the money.

The PF estimates that Morgado transferred more than R$150 million in personal accounts, in addition to receiving large amounts in digital currencies.

Between August 2023 and March 2025, the influencer sent at least $15 million to the accountant through crypto transactions, according to the complaint. For investigators, the circulation of values ​​followed a sophisticated script: the money passed through multiple layers of accounts, from shell companies to individuals, until it was distributed among beneficiaries.

The report identifies 21 different laundering practices, including property purchases, million-dollar invoices, parallel funds and a series of simulated operations designed to “warm up” assets.

Narco Bet was born from an offshoot of Operation Narco Vela, which dismantled an arm of international trafficking linked to the PCC. Although the origin of the case is associated with the trafficking investigation, the MPF states that the complaint against Buzeira and Morgado focuses exclusively on possible financial crimes, without direct attribution of involvement in international drug transport.

The action resulted in the freezing of more than R$600 million in goods and the seizure of imported vehicles, personal watercraft, jewelry, watches and cash. In total, 11 arrest warrants and 19 search warrants were issued in four states. One of the arrests took place with the support of the German police, in compliance with an international order. Buzeira and Morgado were arrested in October, in Santos.

The case is being processed at the Federal Regional Court of the 3rd Region (TRF-3), in São Paulo. The defendants’ defense claims that the charges are undue and that the clients have no connection with international trafficking.