Overview

• Diego “Minotauro” Fernandes de Souza was captured in Paraisópolis by DEIC’s 4th Property Division on Friday after an overnight police response in Morumbi.
• The arrest followed a failed attempt to invade a high-end condominium in Morumbi that triggered exchanges of gunfire; at least two suspects were detained and others are being sought.
• Police recovered 20 artworks linked to the gang, with two pieces preliminarily estimated at about R$3 million each, and a local resident was charged with receptação for storing them.
• Experts are authenticating the seized works, including pieces attributed to Alfredo Volpi, with final valuations pending and investigators tracing the receptation chain.
• Authorities attribute at least 30 luxury home robberies to the network since 2021, note the suspect appears in 14 inquiries since 2016, and say the capture could curb such crimes in areas near Paraisópolis and Morumbi.