Overview
- Prosecutor-general Danilo José de Castro Ferreira filed a petition asking the state court to immediately remove Vice Governor Felipe Camarão from office, citing suspected money laundering and irregular financial flows.
- The request also seeks the precautionary suspension of military police officers Thiago Brasil Arruda and Alexandre Guimarães Nascimento, alleged to have operated accounts to receive, split, and redistribute funds.
- COAF reports outline at least R$6.3 million reaching Camarão via Pix and third-party accounts and indicate that Lt. Col. Thiago Brasil moved R$9.6 million between May 2023 and November 2024 with signs of transaction fragmentation.
- Newly detailed records point to R$4.77 million in off-plan property purchases since 2022 that the MP says are not reflected in Camarão’s tax filings, including 19 bank payments totaling about R$503,000 to real estate SPEs in São Luís.
- After a sealed 60-page petition was leaked, the prosecutor asked the court to identify the source and audit access logs, while Camarão publicly rejected the probe as a politically motivated leak as the court’s decision remains pending.