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CPMI Hears Galleti’s 2019 Warnings as Alleged Operator Exercises Right to Silence

With questioning curtailed by Supreme Court habeas corpus orders, the committee shifted attention to oversight gaps and suspected money flows.

Ex-ministro da Previdência Social Carlos Lupi durante sessão da CPMI do INSS
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Overview

  • Ex-CNPS member Tonia Galleti told lawmakers she alerted authorities since 2019 and reiterated a June 2023 warning made with then-minister Carlos Lupi present about irregular discounts from INSS benefits.
  • The rapporteur displayed records alleging about R$ 20 million in payments to Galleti’s relatives from Sindnapi over five years, which she rejected as criminal and said reflected documented work.
  • Federal Police material cited by the inquiry identifies Sindnapi as a major recipient in the scheme, with roughly R$ 600 million, as the committee probes entities’ roles and the Acordos de Cooperação Técnica.
  • Felipe Macedo Gomes, former head of Amar Brasil and linked by PF/CGU to more than R$ 1.1 billion in suspect discounts, attended under STF protection and remained silent on legal advice.
  • The commission notes that 10 of 18 witnesses secured habeas corpus, and it continues investigating a scheme preliminarily estimated at R$ 6.3–8 billion from 2019 to 2024 following the PF’s Operação Sem Desconto.