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INSS Fraud CPMI Cancels Hearing After Habeas Corpus and Medical Note Halt Testimony

The panel plans to reschedule, pointing to momentum from a new Federal Police phase that jailed ex‑INSS chief Alessandro Stefanutto.

Overview

  • Supreme Court minister André Mendonça granted habeas corpus allowing businessman Thiago Schettini to skip the session.
  • Former INSS payments coordinator Jucimar Fonseca sent a medical certificate, though the Senate medical board assessed he could testify.
  • Commission leaders said they will reissue summonses and keep pressing toward the alleged political core of the scheme.
  • The fourth phase of Operation Sem Desconto arrested Stefanutto and others over suspected kickbacks and fraud tied to INSS payroll deductions.
  • Some CPMI members cite Senator Weverton Rocha and former minister Carlos Lupi as possible future targets for investigators, a prospect still under development.