Overview
- Messages reported Thursday, extracted from Daniel Vorcaro’s phone by the Polícia Federal, show the ex‑banker and publicist Thiago Miranda discussing plans to investigate and “frear” or “calar” journalist Malu Gaspar to stop her reporting on Banco Master.
- The records allege Miranda passed confidential information to Vorcaro — including family details, bank account data and a home address — and the men discussed ways to silence her, including seeking to hire her through offers from IstoÉ and the Grupo Leo Dias.
- Vorcaro has been detained since March under Operation Compliance Zero, which probes alleged frauds tied to Banco Master, and prosecutors earlier scrutinized Mithi‑linked influencer contracts that ran campaigns against the Central Bank.
- The Associação Nacional de Jornais and Abraji issued public notes condemning the conduct and demanding formal investigations into LGPD violations, while Vorcaro’s lawyers declined to comment and Miranda’s defense said it has not seen the leaked messages.
- The disclosures leave the Polícia Federal as the main path for accountability and raise risks of criminal charges and data‑protection enforcement, while renewing scrutiny of coordinated influence campaigns and online attacks against women journalists in Brazil.