Overview

• Carlos Roberto Ferreira Lopes was detained in flagrante for alleged false testimony during roughly nine hours of CPMI questioning and was released after paying bail, which authorities did not disclose.
• CPMI president Carlos Viana said Lopes lied under oath and that bank and secrecy-break records contradict his statements about deposits and transfers linked to Conafer.
• Rapporteur Alfredo Gaspar plans to request preventive detention and to forward the case to judicial authorities, arguing risk to the tracking of funds.
• Federal Police and CGU audits point to sharp growth in Conafer-related deductions and irregular authorizations, including forms tied to deceased people and other invalid records.
• Lawmakers cite more than R$800 million moving through Conafer, including transfers they say total about R$140 million to associate Cícero Marcelino and R$100 million to Santos Agroindústria; Lopes denies wrongdoing, calling them suppliers and at times invoking his right to remain silent.