Overview

• Carlos Roberto Ferreira Lopes was taken into custody overnight during a roughly nine-hour CPMI hearing and released early Tuesday after paying an undisclosed bail.
• Senator Carlos Viana ordered the in‑flagrante arrest for alleged false testimony, a move requested by Deputy Marcel Van Hattem during questioning about bank deposits and transfers.
• Rapporteur Alfredo Gaspar alleges that more than R$ 800 million flowed through Conafer and that about R$ 140 million went to associate Cícero Marcelino, who was previously targeted by a Federal Police operation.
• Commission members say they hold broken‑secrecy records, bank data, and CGU findings indicating unauthorized deductions from retirees, and they plan to seek Lopes’s preventive detention due to risk of asset dissipation.
• Lopes denied irregularities, said Conafer reimbursed those who contested charges, and characterized Marcelino as a longtime supplier rather than an employee, while PF and CGU investigations continue.
• This was the commission’s second recent custody action for alleged false testimony, following the detention of Rubens Oliveira linked to entities tied to the INSS discounts scheme.