Overview
- Subprocurador Lucas Furtado asked the TCU to investigate Caixa and Embratur contracts tied to producer Macaco Gordo and requested that conclusions be forwarded to the Federal Prosecution Service.
- Access-to-information records reviewed by Estadão show the producer won all six price quotations it entered at Caixa, while owner Francisco Kertész claimed he contested seven and won six.
- Macaco Gordo received R$ 12 million over the past two years for campaigns commissioned by Caixa and Embratur through subcontracting by contracted advertising agencies.
- Payments flowed indirectly through agencies such as Calia, Binder and Propeg, and one Caixa campaign expansion proceeded via an addendum that dispensed with new price research.
- Caixa and Embratur say selections followed rules and lowest-price quotes, Sidônio Palmeira denies any interference and says he left management roles, and opposition leader Luciano Zucco moved to summon him to Congress.