Overview
- Prosecutors accuse retired police sergeant Dejair Silvestre dos Santos of warning lobbiest Andreson de Oliveira Gonçalves about a Federal Police search on October 3 and hiding a cellphone to frustrate the operation.
- He is charged with obstructing an investigation into an alleged criminal organization, a crime punishable by three to eight years in prison.
- The complaint, signed by Prosecutor General Paulo Gonet, ties the episode to Operation Sisamnes, which examines an alleged scheme to sell Superior Tribunal de Justiça decisions and exploit confidential case information.
- Minister Cristiano Zanin, who oversees the investigation at the Supreme Court, will determine the case’s procedural path, including possible remittance to a first-instance court.
- Defense attorney Lucas André Curvo de Carvalho Teles Figueiredo denies any intent to obstruct and argues the case should not remain at the Supreme Court because the defendant lacks special jurisdiction.