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INSS Chief Seeks Ouster of Director Over Ties to Detained Ex-President

The move follows the preventive arrest of Alessandro Stefanutto in a federal probe alleging institutional facilitation of a scheme that drained billions from beneficiaries.

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Presidente do órgão, Gilberto Waller, pediu afastamento de diretora por “proximidade pessoal” com ex-presidente preso na semana passada.

Overview

  • President Gilberto Waller sent a Nov. 14 letter to Minister Wolney Queiroz requesting the removal of director Léa Bressy Amorim, citing her "notorious personal proximity" to Alessandro Stefanutto.
  • Bressy holds the information technology portfolio and recently served as interim head of the INSS before Waller’s appointment.
  • Stefanutto was taken into preventive custody on Nov. 13 after STF minister André Mendonça accepted Polícia Federal findings that he acted as an institutional facilitator inside the agency.
  • A PF report says the scheme generated R$708 million in illicit revenue, with total harm to retirees and pensioners estimated at R$6.3 billion between 2019 and 2024.
  • Internal strains have surfaced as Waller was not invited to a Nov. 11 ministry event and Bressy’s interim tenure saw the Nov. 7 publication of Yveline Barretto Leitão’s appointment to the human resources post; Stefanutto’s defense denies wrongdoing and calls the arrest illegal, and a congressional CPMI continues oversight.