Overview

• The CPMI approved requests to hear businessman Maurício Camisotti and asked Justice André Mendonça to authorize testimony that could occur inside Federal Police facilities.
• Camisotti has been in Federal Police custody since September 12 with his detention upheld by the Supreme Court, and investigators describe him as a central operator in alleged illicit deductions from INSS benefits.
• Police reports say entities linked to Camisotti billed more than R$1 billion since 2021 using unauthorized discounts, and financial intelligence tracked R$28.1 million in transfers between him and lawyer Nelson Wilians, which the PF suspects may involve money laundering.
• CGU minister Vinicius Marques de Carvalho told the CPMI he grasped the full scale of the irregular deductions in March 2024, while audits begun in 2023 covered 29 entities and interviews with about 1,300 retirees found most had not authorized charges, with 70% of entities lacking complete documentation.
• Lawmakers also approved new subpoenas and information requests, including the convocation of former INSS procurator-general Virgílio Antônio Ribeiro de Oliveira Filho over alleged R$11.9 million received via companies tied to his wife, along with other witnesses and bank and phone-record requests.