Overview
- About 240 officers executed 38 preventive-arrest warrants and 110 searches across the capital and nearby cities including Guarulhos, Itaquaquecetuba, Ferraz de Vasconcelos, Suzano and Mogi das Cruzes.
- The Public Security Secretariat reports 16 detainees, while some outlets cite 17, as teams seized cash, drugs, mobile phones and bookkeeping notebooks.
- The 8th Specialized Center for Repression of Crimes (8ª Cerco) led the action against alleged auditors and HR/discipline roles that coordinated 84 points of sale.
- Accounting records show one location took in roughly R$747,619 in a week, with most sites reporting far smaller figures.
- Governor Tarcísio de Freitas posted alleged message exchanges from seized phones that he says describe how the scheme operated, and investigators say the probe continues to pursue additional suspects and sites.