Overview

• Operation R1 was carried out with Inep and FGV support during the Oct. 19 administration of the national medical-education assessment.
• Five people were detained at the test site and three were arrested in a Juiz de Fora hotel for allegedly transmitting answers, and police also executed a search at a suspect’s home in Rio de Janeiro.
• Investigators report the scheme relied on electronic devices such as mini cellphones, smartwatches and earpieces to feed answers to test-takers.
• Hired stand-ins registered with falsified documents to take the exam for real candidates, with payments reportedly reaching R$ 140,000 contingent on approval.
• Those detained may face charges of fraud in public examinations, criminal association and ideological falsehood, with potential penalties of up to 10 years in prison plus fines.