Overview

• Ministers André Mendonça, Edson Fachin and Kassio Nunes Marques voted to maintain the detentions, Gilmar Mendes declared himself impeded, and Dias Toffoli’s vote remains pending in the Second Turma’s virtual session.
• Antônio Carlos Camilo Antunes and Maurício Camisotti were taken into preventive custody on 12 September in the PF’s Operation Sem Desconto, which targets unauthorized associative discounts on INSS benefits.
• Investigators say companies tied to Antunes moved about R$53.6 million from 2022 to 2024 and routed roughly R$9.3 million to people linked to the INSS, while Camisotti is probed as a hidden partner and beneficiary.
• The custody was justified by risks of obstruction and flight, citing luxury assets, frequent foreign travel, a property purchase in the United States and structures used to hide assets.
• The CPMI do INSS holds new hearings on 29 September with Conafer president Carlos Roberto Ferreira Lopes and businessman Fernando Cavalcanti as witnesses, as Antunes continues to deny wrongdoing in congressional testimony.