PF operation targets Acre government summit and blocks R$ 120 million

On the morning of this Thursday (9), the Federal Police carried out 89 search and seizure warrants in seven states of the country against a criminal organization involved in corruption and money laundering offenses related to the leadership of the government of Acre.

Operation Ptolemy III is an offshoot of two other actions carried out in 2021 after the identification of the group that would be controlled by political agents and businessmen linked to the Executive Branch of Acre, who acted in the diversion of public resources, concealment of the origin and destination of values, according to PF. At the time, the chief of staff of the governor of Acre, Rosângela Gama, was arrested preventively.

In this new phase, the warrants are fulfilled in the states of Acre, Piauí, Goiás, Paraná, Amazonas and Rondônia, in addition to the Federal District. The Justice also asked for the unavailability of BRL 120 million from those involved, with the blocking of accounts and the hijacking of aircraft, houses and luxury apartments acquired as profit from the crimes.

In the same decision, 15 investigated companies had their economic activities suspended by order of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ). The Court also decreed precautionary measures such as the suspension of the exercise of public function, the prohibition of access to public bodies, the impediment of contact between those investigated and the prohibition of leaving the country, with the delivery of passports within 24 hours.

The third phase of Operation Ptolemy is carried out with the Attorney General’s Office (PGR), the Comptroller General’s Office (CGU) and the Federal Revenue Service.