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Overview
- He died on December 9, 2025, from liver-related complications, according to his legal representatives.
- Outlets differ on the place of death, with O Globo reporting Curitiba and others citing Joinville’s Hospital Regional Hans Dieter Schmidt.
- Funeral services were held on December 10 in São José dos Pinhais, in the Curitiba metropolitan area.
- After leaving prison, he sought reinvention as a writer, public speaker and producer, with lawyers describing a period of resocialization.
- He gained fame in 2001 by posing as Gol executive Henrique Constantino, later inspiring a 2005 biography, a 2010 documentary and the film VIPs, and he accumulated multiple convictions with at least 12 arrests and six escapes.