Marun, Temer's right-hand man, comes under investigation by the Federal Police for fraud in a ministry.
Appointed by Eduardo Cunha and one of Michel Temer's closest allies, Minister Carlos Marun (MDB-MS) is under investigation by the Federal Police for suspected involvement in a scheme to defraud the granting of union registrations at the Ministry of Labor; the Federal Police requested authorization to execute search and seizure warrants at addresses linked to Marun and his chief of staff, but the request was denied by the Attorney General's Office and Minister Edson Fachin; Operation Spurious Registration has already resulted in the removal of the Minister of Labor, Helton Youmura, and now targets the central core of the coup government.
247 - One of Michel Temer's closest allies and considered a key figure in his administration, the Minister of the Government Secretariat, Carlos Marun (MDB-MS), is under investigation by the Federal Police for suspected involvement in a criminal scheme to defraud the granting of union registrations at the Ministry of Labor. The Federal Police requested authorization to execute search and seizure warrants at addresses linked to Marun and his chief of staff, Vivianne de Melo, but the request was denied by the Attorney General's Office (PGR) and by Minister Edson Fachin of the Supreme Federal Court (STF), who cited a lack of evidence for such action.
Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Edson Fachin, rapporteur for the investigations of Operation Registro Espúrio, whose third phase was launched this Thursday (5) and resulted in the removal of the Minister of Labor, Helton Yomura, endorsed the position of the PGR, but highlighted the suspicions about Marun.
Messages intercepted by the Federal Police in previous phases of the operation indicated that Marun "uses his political power to request registration concessions for [union] entities of his interest." More recently, in a report dated May 23, investigators pointed out that the chief of staff of the Minister of Labor, Júlio de Souza Bernardo, known as Júlio Canelinha and who was arrested this Thursday, sent a message requesting that a decree published in the Official Gazette of the Union be reversed in order to meet a request from Marun, who allegedly had his interests thwarted by the publication of the original measure.
In the publication in the Official Gazette, the order removed the designation of "cooperatives" from the Union of Workers in the Meat and Derivative Industries and Food Industries of São Gabriel do Oeste (Sintrael), both in Mato Grosso do Sul, Marun's electoral stronghold.
Carlos Marun has not yet commented on the matter.