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Brazil's Military High Court Upholds 6-Year Sentence for Army Officer Who Posed as Doctor

Judges confined the case to his Rio de Janeiro tenure from 2004 to 2016 following a tip-driven probe in 2019.

Overview

  • The Superior Military Court maintained a semi-open term for fraud, ideological falsity, and illegal practice of medicine after finding prolonged, conscious deception.
  • Investigations showed he used another professional's CRM-RJ registration to perform medical duties in military hospitals in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.
  • A forensic audit reported about R$1.58 million in undue remuneration and more than R$316,000 in losses to the Union, with figures updated to 2020.
  • Records indicate he joined the Army in 2004 as a medical officer aspirant using false documents and never completed his UFF medical degree, which was canceled in 2009.
  • Minister Verônica Abdalla Sterman issued the lone dissent, proposing a reduction to 3 years, 10 months, and 15 days in an open regime, but the majority followed relator Carlos Vuyk de Aquino and kept the original sentence.