Overview

• Operation Via Fracta is executing eight search-and-seizure warrants in Guarujá, São Bernardo do Campo and the city of São Paulo, including the Guarujá city council headquarters.
• Prosecutors are investigating suspected fraud, overpricing and related crimes linked to an electronic bidding process for vehicles used by council members.
• The inquiry began last year after a complaint to Gaeco alleged that related companies acted in concert with the then council president to steer the contract.
• TCE-SP auditors reported multiple execution irregularities in the contract, corroborating the original complaint and reinforcing the probe.
• Gaeco is leading the action with support from the Civil Police and TCE-SP, and authorities describe the investigation as ongoing without public disclosure of charges.