Overview

• Businessman Fernando Cavalcanti appeared on Oct. 6 and, backed by a preventive habeas corpus from STF minister Luiz Fux, declined to answer most questions.
• He rejected being a front man or beneficiary, attributed his wealth to managing a law firm, and had his bank and tax secrecy broken after September searches that seized luxury goods.
• COAF’s first intelligence files flagged billion‑level suspicious flows but, according to CPI technicians, largely confirmed what the Federal Police had already uncovered and did not open new lines of inquiry.
• CPI leaders say about 135 people are on the summons list, with upcoming hearings including Milton Baptista de Souza (Sindnapi) and a representative of Amar Brasil.
• Lawmakers pressed on political donations, ties to entities such as Conafer, and disparities in pretrial detention, and Cavalcanti acknowledged loan contracts between Nelson Wilians and Maurício Camisotti.