INSS fraud: AGU requests freezing of assets of 14 more people under investigation

Companies and partners are accused of brokering the payment of undue benefits to INSS agents . To date, it is estimated that the transfer of undue amounts to these public agents totals R$23.8 million.

Investigations reveal "strong evidence" that the companies participated directly in the intermediation, says the AGU . "This financial engineering supported the criminal scheme, which consisted of passing on the amounts unduly discounted by the associations and paying illicit advantages to public agents who allowed or facilitated these discounts."

The request to freeze the assets of the partners is based on the argument that they were used as an "instrument" for illicit practices . The AGU also requests the freezing of the assets of the partners of the companies mentioned under the argument that "the legal entities were used as an instrument for illicit practices of a criminal, administrative and civil nature, serving as a means to obtain advantages from resources unduly extracted from the benefits of retirees and pensioners".

AGU wants more information about the company BF01 Participações Societárias . The agency wants to clarify the company's participation in the fraud scheme.

Frauds at the institute

Fifteen days ago, the revelation of irregular charges caused a stir at the INSS and the Lula government. A minister resigned, civil servants were dismissed, and the president of the INSS himself was dismissed after the case came to light. However, the exact scale of the fraud is still unknown—initially, it was reported that R$6 billion were discounted between 2019 and 2024, but it is still unknown how much of this amount was debited irregularly.