Overview
- Signed by Prosecutor General Danilo José de Castro Ferreira on January 19, the complaint was sent to Justice Maria da Graça Peres Soares Amorim at the TJMA, who will decide whether to accept it.
- The filing alleges a structured criminal organization that steered R$56.3 million from Health and Social Assistance through simulated bids and shell firms, with accusations of organized crime, embezzlement, bid fraud, passive corruption and money laundering.
- Ten people are named, including Mayor Paulo Curió, first lady Eva Maria Cutrim Dantas, vice mayor Tânya Karla, former vice mayor Janaina Soares Lima, the mayor’s father, siblings, an uncle and two in‑laws.
- Prosecutors seek full recovery of R$56.3 million, loss of assets even under third‑party names, possible loss of public posts, and the maintenance of precautionary measures such as detentions, home confinement with monitoring and asset blocks.
- Operation Tântalo II on December 22 led to the arrests of the mayor, 11 councilors, a secretary and businessmen, with about R$5 million in cash seized, and the city is currently led on an interim basis by the chamber president under home detention.