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DCM: Bank employee visited triplex and took photos proving the scam.

"Retired banker Manuel Meneses, from Salvador, Bahia, did what the old press should have done: he visited the triplex apartment that Sergio Moro attributes to Lula before it was sold and took photos and videos. His conclusion, and that of any honest person who sees the photos, is: the triplex didn't undergo any renovations worthy of the name," says journalist Joaquim de Carvalho in Diario do Centro do Mundo.

DCM: Bank employee visited triplex and took photos proving the scam (Photo: DCM)

247 "Retired banker Manuel Meneses, from Salvador, Bahia, did what the old press should have done: he visited the triplex apartment that Sergio Moro attributes to Lula before it was sold and took photos and videos. His conclusion, and that of any honest person who sees the photos, is: the triplex didn't undergo any renovations worthy of the name," says journalist Joaquim de Carvalho in Diario do Centro do Mundo. "He also saw in the apartment an old stove, a refrigerator, an improvised office, bunk beds, a swimming pool the size of a bathtub — 'two strokes and you're from one end to the other'," continues the journalist, quoting an expression used by the banker.

According to a report in DCM, the employee stated that, “when they talked about a private elevator, I imagined it would be something that went from the garage to the apartment, but no. It's an elevator that goes from one floor to another in the triplex, like those elevators for wheelchair users. A cheap thing that doesn't cost much.” “I also saw that the flooring that was supposedly replaced isn't top-of-the-line porcelain tile, it's second-rate. It's not the worst, but it's not top-of-the-line either. I was thinking: a former president could live in a more well-kept place,” he emphasized. 

Read full DCM, which also published more photos.