The president of the National Institute of Social Security (INSS), Alessandro Stefanutto, was removed from office by decision of the court, according to GloboNews. The decision occurs after the Federal Police operation identifies fraudulent scheme of undue discounts on the benefits of INSS retirees and pensioners.
So far, the estimated amount in irregular charges total R $ 6.3 billion, according to PF.
The matter was taken on Wednesday, 23, by the Director General of the Federal Police, Andrei Rodrigues, to the President of the Republic, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in a meeting at the Palace of Alvorada.
The operation that investigates the scheme was launched on Wednesday by the PF and the Comptroller General of the Union (CGU).
This is the discountless operation, which aims to combat a national scheme of associative discounts not authorized in retirement and pensions.
According to the PF, about 700 federal police and 80 CGU servants meet this Wednesday 211 search and seizure court orders, orders of kidnapping of assets in the amount of more than R $ 1 billion and six temporary arrest warrants in the Federal District and the states of Alagoas, Amazonas, Ceará, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Rio Grande, Rio Grande do South, Sao Paulo and Sergipe. Six public servants were removed from their duties.
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“The investigations identified the existence of irregularities related to the discounts of associative monthly fees applied to social security benefits, especially retirement and pensions, granted by the National Institute of Social Security (INSS),” says the PF. “So far, the entities have charged retirees and pensioners the estimated amount of R $ 6.3 billion, between 2019 and 2024,” he adds.
Investigated may be responsible for the crimes of active, passive corruption, functional secrecy, document forgery, criminal organization and capital washing.
