Cachoeira's ex-wife has her accounts unblocked.
Thanks to a preliminary injunction from the Federal Regional Court of the 1st Region, Andra Aprigio de Souza will be able to access her four bank accounts again, including that of her pharmaceutical company, Vitaplan.
Legal Consultant - Andréa Aprigio de Souza, ex-wife of Carlos Augusto de Almeida Ramos, known as Carlinhos Cachoeira, will be able to access her four bank accounts again, thanks to a preliminary injunction from the Federal Regional Court of the 1st Region. The decision was issued this Monday (March 26). Cachoeira is imprisoned in a federal prison in Mossoró (RN) and is accused of leading an illegal gambling ring in Goiás.
The 11th Federal Court of Goiás had ordered the seizure of all financial assets and the blocking of bank transactions belonging to Andréa. The seizure was ordered by Judge Paulo Augusto Moreira Lima, who also decreed the blocking of assets of a series of legal entities, according to Police Inquiry 12023-03.2011.4.01.3500.
Among the companies was Vitaplan Indústrias Farmacéutica Limitada, of which Andréa is a partner. When they were married, Andréa and Cachoeira were partners in the company. After the end of their marriage in 2004, Andréa came to own 95% of the company's capital stock, with the remaining 5% belonging to her brother Adriano Aprígio de Souza.
The case's rapporteur, Judge Tourinho Neto, accepted the arguments of Andréa's lawyers, Luiz Carlos de Arruda — responsible for the case in Goiás —, Paulo Sérgio Leite Fernandes and Rogério Seguins Martins Junior, from the Paulo Sérgio Leite Fernandes law firm. The latter two are specialists in Commercial Law.
In their request for an injunction, they stated that the company, manufacturer of the medications Doralex, Energrip C, and Vitaglós, employs 280 people, and that the seizure of Andréa's assets would result in harm to the workers. Article 20 of the Civil Code, which states that "legal entities have an existence distinct from that of their members," was also used as a basis for unfreezing the assets.
“Vitapan is not being accused of committing any crime. There is no evidence of embezzlement by the company, nor any commingling of assets with its partners, Andréa Aprígio de Souza and Adriano Aprígio de Souza. Therefore, the petitioner's assets should not have been frozen. The freeze is liquidating the company. This is not possible,” agreed Judge Tourinho Neto in the decision.
According to news from the G1 website, Judge Tourinho Neto also denied, this Monday (March 26), a request for release made by Cachoeira's lawyers, a decision supported by the 3rd Panel of the TRF-1. According to Tourinho Neto, it was necessary to keep Cachoeira in custody to "guarantee public order".
Cachoeira was arrested by the Federal Police on February 29th in Goiânia. For security reasons, he was transferred to the maximum-security federal prison in Mossoró (RN).