Rebeca Ramagem Petitions STF To Unfreeze Accounts After Reported Secret Order
The state prosecutor seeks an urgent injunction, saying her salary was frozen without notice despite her not being a target of any case.
Overview
- The petition, filed on December 19, was assigned on December 22 to Minister André Mendonça under STF rules that bar the challenged minister from handling the case.
- The defense says all accounts were blocked on December 12, including her salary account, and that the bank attributed the freeze to a confidential decision by Minister Alexandre de Moraes; he has not commented.
- Her lawyers argue the measure violates the constitutional principle that penalties are personal and note the couple’s universal separation of assets since 2009.
- The filing states the freeze jeopardizes the sustenance of Rebeca Ramagem and her two daughters, ages 14 and 7, because her pay is the family’s sole income.
- Separately, the Justice Ministry told the STF it asked Itamaraty to request the extradition of Alexandre Ramagem, who was sentenced to 16 years and is in the United States; no decision has been issued on Rebeca’s request.