Moraes authorizes international cooperation to break secrecy in the case of Bolsonaro’s jewelry

The Minister of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) Alexandre de Moraes authorized this Thursday (17) the request for international cooperation made by the Federal Police to ask the United States to break the bank secrecy of the accounts of former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) , former adjutant Mauro Cid and his father, reserve general Mauro Cesar Lourena Cid.

The decision also affects lawyer Frederick Wassef, if he has bank accounts in the US, reported the portal g1. Wassef admitted that he went to the United States to buy back a Rolex watch sold by allies of the former president. On the night of this Wednesday (16), the lawyer was searched and apprehended in a restaurant, in São Paulo, and had cell phones seized.

According to the investigation of g1, in the request, the PF also requests authorization to ask the FBI to investigate the jewelry stores and stores where the jewelry that was presented to the Brazilian government was sold to identify those involved and the path of money in the negotiations. Moraes also authorized the breach of banking and tax secrecy of Bolsonaro and former first lady Michelle Bolsonaro.