Overview

• He was detained at Panama’s international airport while attempting to board after changing his itinerary, according to investigators who tracked his route from Brazil to Paraguay with an intended final destination of Dubai.
• São Paulo’s Deic/DCCiber launched Operação Dubai on September 23, executing arrest and search warrants and taking two suspects into custody in São Paulo and Campinas.
• Investigators attribute to the group 607 Pix transfers executed on February 26 between 4:23 and 9:47 that moved R$146.5 million, with more than R$100 million recovered and about R$39 million unrecovered.
• The scheme allegedly used credentials from a service provider and ten accounts tied to a bank partner in a “Pix indireto” setup described by the institution as illegal.
• Spalone’s lawyer says he is innocent and argues the Panama detention was illegal, citing the absence of a preventive arrest order and no Interpol red notice.