Outsider Tours Owner Fernando Sampaio Arrested in Balneário Camboriú on Pará Warrant

Overview

• Police in Santa Catarina detained Sampaio on January 6 at a luxury building and transferred him to the state prison system under a preventive order from a Tucuruí court in Pará.
• Authorities say he is investigated for fraud tied to sports‑travel packages and faces more than 600 police reports and civil actions across multiple states.
• Investigations and prior indictments are active in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, with Pará’s intelligence unit providing information that helped locate the suspect.
• Victim accounts include a fan who paid R$33,000 for a 2024 Champions League package but never received a ticket at Wembley and actor Márcio Garcia, who says his family found no flights issued at the airport after paying R$17,200.
• Reports cite falsified vouchers and boarding documents and alleged misuse of customers’ cards as the company went offline, with lawyers warning recovery of funds will be difficult given few identifiable assets.