Overview

• Pressed by the INSS CPI, Carlos Roberto Ferreira Lopes could not detail the services behind a R$100 million payment to Santos Agroindustria or identify the company’s owners.
• Committee rapporteur Alfredo Gaspar said Conafer handled about R$800 million and alleged that R$140 million flowed to aide Cícero Marcelino, calling the movements signs of money laundering and illicit enrichment.
• Federal Police inquiries cited by lawmakers describe Conafer as the second-largest source of associative deductions from retirees and say many charges occurred without beneficiary authorization.
• CPI-cited data indicate the deductions tied to Conafer grew more than 790-fold between 2019 and 2024, with tens of thousands of complaints challenging the charges.
• Lopes rejected claims of wrongdoing and parried a charge about deductions from deceased beneficiaries by questioning the INSS’s own controls, as investigations continue.