The army wants to audit the ballot boxes, but hasn't detected any 'bizarre' fraud in its ammunition control system.

247 - While the Armed Forces deviate from their duties to cater to the whims of Jair Bolsonaro and launch false narratives against the Brazilian electoral system and electronic voting machines, an alleged criminal organization led by twin brothers from Maranhão, accused of dumping approximately 60 tons of ammunition on the illegal market in Brazil, managed to operate thanks to a primary flaw in the Army's ammunition sales and stock control system, Sicovem. 

According to a report by Folha de S. PaulAn investigation by the Civil Police and the Public Prosecutor's Office of Maranhão indicates that members of an organization introduced false information into the Army's system for more than a year, from November 2020 to March 2022, without the military noticing. 

It was only when investigators from the civil police requested such data that the military realized.

According to investigators, the fraud went undetected despite being quite rudimentary and easily perceptible to any layperson. A police report described the irregularities as "bizarre." 

The method consisted of using the same Craf (Firearm Registration Certificate) number for multiple ammunition sales, recorded under a series of possibly false names. In the example attached to the investigation alone, on January 17, 2021, the alleged members of the group recorded sales to 20 people, with different names, but all with the same Craf number and also with the same invoice number.