Money attributed to Geddel now exceeds R$ 40 million.
The Federal Police have already counted more than R$ 40 million in the suitcases seized in an apartment used by former minister of Michel Temer, Geddel Vieira Lima (PMDB-BA), in Salvador; Federal Police are using seven machines to count the money and by 21:30 pm, the counting of the banknotes had not yet finished; according to the Federal Police, this is the largest seizure of cash in the history of Brazil; Dubbed Lost Treasure, the operation was launched on Tuesday morning (05) and is an offshoot of another investigation, on fraud in the release of loans at Caixa Econômica Federal, Cui Bono. Detained on July 3, 2017, Geddel is serving house arrest in the capital of Bahia.
247 - The Federal Police have already counted more than R$ 40 million in the suitcases seized in an apartment used by former minister of Michel Temer, Geddel Vieira Lima (PMDB-BA), in Salvador.
The Federal Police are using seven machines to count the money, and by around 21:30 PM, the counting of the bills had not yet finished. According to the Federal Police, this is the largest seizure of cash in Brazilian history.
Named Lost Treasure, the operation was launched on Tuesday morning (05) and is an offshoot of another investigation, on fraud in loan releases at Caixa Econômica Federal, Cui Bono. Detained on July 3, 2017, Geddel is serving house arrest in the capital of Bahia.
Operation Cui Bono investigates the interference of Geddel and others in the manipulation of credits and resources by Caixa Econômica Federal. Former Speaker of the House Eduardo Cunha (PMDB-RJ) and financial operator Lúcio Funaro are also targets of the investigation, which began in 2016. Geddel is accused of receiving R$ 20 million in bribes in exchange for approving loans at the bank.