Overview
- Minister André Mendonça ordered the resumption of an inquiry that had sat inactive for more than two years and routed it to the Prosecutor General’s Office.
- The Federal Police had formally asked on November 12 for information on whether the case had been archived and noted the records had not been returned since the last transmission to the Court.
- The investigation paused after questions in 2023 over the proper venue when Paulinho was out of office, then lingered after he rejoined the Chamber as a substitute later that year.
- Authorities are examining allegations that worker data obtained via unions was repassed to fuel fraudulent labor lawsuits, with reports of monthly payments that remain unproven.
- Paulinho, who is the rapporteur of the ‘PL da Dosimetria’ approved in the Chamber by 291 to 148, had not provided comment through his defense at the time of publication.