During the Alckmin era, Siemens was making a fortune, even before the bidding process.
Even before a R$400 million tender was launched, Siemens executives were already exchanging emails demonstrating their awareness that they would win the "bidding" and discussing the companies that should be subcontracted by order of CPTM; this was already happening at the beginning of Geraldo Alckmin's second term as governor.
247 - On November 24, 2004, Marco Vinícios Barbo Missawa, an executive at Siemens in Brazil, wrote to Dirk Schoenberger of the German headquarters. He stated that the company would be awarded a R$ 400 million contract with the Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (CPTM) and also commented on the companies that would have to be subcontracted, as ordered by CPTM. Importantly, at that time, the tender had not even been launched.
So, how did Siemens know about the project, its contracting, and the companies that would have to be subcontracted (probably so that they could receive hefty commissions)? Simple: the bidding processes were already rigged. When did this happen? Between 2004 and 2005, during Geraldo Alckmin's second term as governor, a clear indication that the state itself was promoting cartelization.
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