Federal Police Target Ciro Nogueira in New Phase of Banco Master Probe

Overview

• Police launched the fifth phase of Operation Compliance Zero on Thursday with 10 search warrants across Piauí, Brasília, São Paulo and Minas Gerais, and a temporary arrest of Felipe Cançado Vorcaro authorized by Justice André Mendonça.
• The court blocked R$18.85 million in assets and forbade Ciro Nogueira from contacting other targets after the PGR warned he could use his influence to destroy evidence or pressure witnesses.
• PF reports say Nogueira was the central recipient of monthly payments that rose from R$300,000 to R$500,000, plus luxury perks such as Park Hyatt New York stays, restaurant tabs, private flights and the use of high‑value assets, supported by bank records and seized messages.
• Investigators allege Banco Master advisers wrote an amendment to raise Brazil’s deposit guarantee (FGC) cap to R$1 million, delivered it to Nogueira at his home and saw it reproduced in the Senate, with messages quoting Daniel Vorcaro saying the text “came out exactly as I ordered.”
• Agents searching the senator’s Brasília residence seized a BMW, a motorcycle and cash bags, while his lawyers deny any illicit conduct and criticize the measures as invasive as investigators continue to trace the money flows.