Overview
- Minister André Mendonça replaced Sílvio Feitoza’s preventive detention with domiciliary custody that includes ankle monitoring, a ban on contacting other suspects, and surrender of passports within 48 hours.
- Court records cite severe cardiac ischemia with about 90% coronary obstruction, after which Feitoza underwent surgery and remains hospitalized.
- The Prosecutor General’s Office supported the defense request, and the ruling frames the shift as a humanitarian measure without hindering the investigation.
- Feitoza was arrested in December in Operação Sem Desconto, which targets fraudulent deductions from INSS benefits.
- Investigators describe him as a financial manager tied to Antônio Carlos Camilo Antunes, as authorities probe diversions affecting more than 4.1 million beneficiaries with over R$2.1 billion already reimbursed by late 2025.