Banco Master transfers R$102 million to Rio firm under money‑laundering probe

Banco Master, controlled by Daniel Vorcaro, transferred R$102 million between 2023 and 2025 to Metanoein Participações e Consultoria Ltda. The payments were recorded by the bank as service fees.

Metanoein is being investigated by the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office for a suspected money‑laundering scheme and the formation of a criminal organization linked to the Rio de Janeiro fuel‑station market. Its administrator, Rose Evelyn Machado Coité, is alleged to own a network of gasoline stations operated through front persons (“laranjas”), although the company is officially registered for office‑consultancy activities.

The investigation, part of Operation Carbono Oculto, led the 8ª Vara Federal Criminal in Rio to impose a court order restricting the company’s financial transfers and to request the seizure of accounts belonging to Rose Evelyn and her children. The probe also references Operation Centelha, which targeted a separate money‑laundering and fraud scheme tied to the illegal “jogo do bicho.”

A related firm, Mídias Promotora, which shares the same address as Metanoein, received R$126.6 million from Banco Master and is also under scrutiny. Banco Master’s spokesperson said the institution will not comment on the case.