Conafer Aide Admits Keeping "Change" From R$300 Million Transfers as CPMI Relator Plans Preventive Detention

Overview

• Testifying to the INSS CPMI on October 16, adviser Cícero Marcelino said Conafer funds flowed through his companies and that a leftover “troco” stayed with him.
• He acknowledged that firms he controlled handled roughly R$300 million, citing payment spreadsheets with hundreds of recipients but offering few details on where the money ultimately went.
• The CGU estimates about 97.6% of those transfers were fraudulent, while Coaf flagged atypical movements tied to companies linked to Marcelino.
• CPMI relator Alfredo Gaspar described Marcelino as a conduit for laundering and said he will ask a court to order preventive detention as the probe advances.
• Jucesp records show several of the firms were reassigned in October 2024 to José Valentim da Costa and Reinaldo de Almeida Santos, whom Marcelino says he does not know, while Conafer denies irregularities and the PF’s Operação Sem Desconto remains active.