Brazilian banker Daniel Vorcaro stays jailed as prosecutors expose criminal network

Brazilian banker Daniel Vorcaro remains in preventive detention after the Federal Police and the Supreme Court presented extensive evidence of a parallel criminal structure linked to him. The investigation uncovered two groups – “Sicário”, coordinated by Luiz Phillipi Machado de Moraes Mourão, and “Os Meninos” – that recruited federal agents, hackers and content producers to obtain secret data, monitor opponents, carry out hacking attacks and manipulate online information.

Messages extracted from the phone of a former controller of Banco Master detail plans for an ambush involving drugs against former NBA player Rony Seikaly, including a falsified Interpol request. Prosecutors argue that Vorcaro’s release would jeopardize the ongoing investigations. A second plea‑bargain offer was rejected, denying him collaboration benefits and prompting a request to transfer him to a federal penitentiary. Financial records indicate a parallel cash box of about R$ 114.6 million used to acquire assets such as aircraft and real estate.