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PF Arrests Former INSS President as Conafer Chief Is Sought in Expanding INSS Fraud Case

Investigators now frame the case as a three‑nucleus operation led from Conafer.

PF aponta que Alessandro Stefanutto teria recebido propina, inclusive por meio de uma pizzaria, para viabilizar esquema.
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Segundo a PF, o ex-presidente do INSS recebeu o apelido de “Italiano” na planilha da propina.
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Overview

  • Federal Police carried out nine of ten Supreme Court–authorized preventive arrests in the fourth phase of Operation Sem Desconto, with only Conafer president Carlos Roberto Ferreira Lopes considered a fugitive.
  • The PF says Conafer received about R$708 million from INSS discounts and diverted roughly 90% through shell companies tied to operators.
  • Investigators report the scheme affected more than 600,000 beneficiaries and estimate diversions at around R$6.3 billion.
  • Searches seized R$720,000 and $72,000 in cash, 43 vehicles, eight firearms, 106 pieces of jewelry, and 23 luxury watches.
  • The probe alleges ex-INSS chief Alessandro Stefanutto took R$250,000 monthly in bribes and cites payments tracked to figures such as former INSS prosecutor Virgílio de Oliveira Filho, while defendants publicly deny wrongdoing and the Senate CPI plans further steps.