Zelotes: Marcopolo may have paid a bribe of R$ 1 million.
In an email from Gerson Schaan, head of the Research and Investigation Coordination of the Federal Revenue Service, the Federal Police identified an alleged agreement made by Marcopolo for R$ 1 million to settle a lawsuit for a fine of R$ 200 million; the company is one of the largest bus body manufacturers in the country.
247 - The Federal Police, in Operation Zelotes, identified an alleged agreement made by the company Marcopolo for R$ 1 million to resolve a case in the Administrative Council of Tax Appeals (Carf) involving a fine of R$ 200 million.
Negotiations between one of the country's largest bus body manufacturers and Gerson Schaan, head of the Research and Investigation Coordination of the Federal Revenue Service, are documented in an email.
The operation investigates a scheme set up by current and former members of the CARF (Administrative Council of Tax Appeals) that involved R$ 55,5 million in 93 atypical financial transactions.
Read here A report from 'Estado de S. Paulo' on the subject.