Carlos Bolsonaro received BRL 91,000 in deposits without origin, points out MP-RJ

Rio de Janeiro – RJ) – From 2005 to 2021, the bank account of councilor Carlos Bolsonaro (Republicanos-RJ) received BRL 129,500 in cash deposits, most of which (BRL 91,000) had no identified origin, points out a report from the Public Ministry of the Rio de Janeiro.

One of the credits without identification of the depositor, of BRL 10,000, was made a week before the son of former president Jair Bolsonaro acquired a property in Copacabana, south of Rio de Janeiro.

The information is contained in the report made by the Laboratory of Technology to Combat Corruption and Money Laundering of the Public Prosecutor’s Office in the context of the investigation into “cracks” in Carlos’ office at the City Council.

The councilor’s lawyer, Antônio Carlos Fonseca, said he would not comment on the case due to the secrecy of the investigation. “I regret the leak of the report,” he said.

The investigation against Carlos, not yet concluded, was opened after the Sheet reveal in 2019 the existence of a “ghost employee” in the councilor’s office.

In May 2021, Justice authorized the breach of bank secrecy by 25 servants or former servants of the Chamber, and five companies, to investigate the practice of “crack”. One of the suspects is the use of cash to make it difficult to trace the scheme.

According to the document, Carlos’ bank account at Banco do Brasil received eight cash deposits over the 16 years under investigation by the Public Prosecutor’s Office.

The biggest one occurred in January 2010, when R$45,000 were deposited in cash without identifying the depositor.

The only one with an identified origin was carried out in May 2011, when the councilor himself made a cash credit of R$ 38,450, the depositor was identified as “Carlos H Bolsonaro”, with a possible error in identifying the abbreviation of the first surname, Nantes.

The first unidentified entry took place in March 2008, when R$30,000 was deposited in the account of the former president’s son.

This credit took place during a period when Carlos was making transfers to a stockbroker in São Paulo to carry out investments. However, the councilor’s bank details indicate that the same amount was invested in savings the following month.

On March 12, 2009, a cash deposit of R$10,000 was made, once again, without identification. Eight days later, Carlos signed the deed for the purchase of a property on Avenida Princesa Isabel, in Copacabana, for R$70,000.

The other four deposits were in amounts below BRL 2,000, two of which, on the same day, amounted to BRL 1,600 each.

Deposits in cash have similarities and differences regarding facts that led to the complaint against Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ) on charges of running a “cracking” scheme. The case was later archived due to the annulment of the evidence.

One of the charges for money laundering against Flávio was based precisely on a sequence of cash deposits in the senator’s account, when he was still in office as a state deputy.

Flávio received R$ 159,500 in unidentified cash deposits in his bank account. The difference in relation to Carlos is in the form of the credits. In the case of the senator, 83 fractional deposits were made, which, for the MP-RJ, was a way to escape the obligation to identify the depositor.

A deposit on the eve of a real estate transaction was also considered an act of money laundering in the complaint against Flávio.

The account of the senator’s wife, Fernanda, received R$ 25,000 in cash a week before the payment of the first installment of an apartment. In this case, the person responsible for the credit was identified: Fabrício Queiroz, appointed as the operator of the scheme.

The accusation, in Flávio’s case, was that these resources originated from the “rachadinha” scheme, which circulated in cash among the advisers stationed in his former office in the Legislative Assembly.

The MP-RJ is still trying to identify whether the same occurred in Carlos’ office at the City Council.

The first suspicions after the production of the report fell on the current chief of staff Jorge Fernandes, whose bank account received R$ 2 million from six employees of Carlos.

The investigation, which has not yet been concluded, seeks to analyze whether that money was somehow passed on to Carlos, whether in cash or through payment of personal bills. Initial information indicates that Jorge paid some of the councilman’s bills.

*With information from Folha de S.Paulo

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