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Brazil's INSS fraud scheme results in 48 indictments

Brazilian Federal Police concluded the first phase of Operation Sem Desconto, a probe into illegal monthly deductions from INSS retirement and pension benefits. The investigation identified a nationwide scheme that allegedly diverted around R$ 6.3 billion from retirees between 2019 and 2024.

The police charged 48 people, including former INSS president Alessandro Stefanutto, former INSS general‑prosecutor Virgílio Antônio Ribeiro Filho, and businessman Antonio Carlos Camilo Antunes, known as “Careca do INSS.” The scheme involved the Confederação Nacional dos Agricultores Familiares e Empreendedores Rurais (Conafer), whose president Carlos Roberto Ferreira Lopes is accused of channeling at least R$ 708 million through a network of companies.

The complete 265‑page report was sent to Supreme Court minister André Mendonça, who will forward it to the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office. Details remain under judicial secrecy, and the indicted individuals are in preventive detention while the case proceeds.

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