Corrupt tax inspector implicates banks in tax fraud scheme.
In his testimony, Luis Alexandre de Magalhães also mentions other sectors involved in the scheme, which embezzled more than R$ 500 million from the coffers of the São Paulo city hall, such as parking and security companies; Ronilson Bezerra Rodrigues, undersecretary of Revenue during Gilberto Kassab's (PSD) administration, allegedly received up to R$ 6 million in bribes in one week.
247 - A list found with tax inspector Luis Alexandre de Magalhães, who denounced the ISS mafia scandal, indicated bribe payments by large construction companies, hospitals, and even a luxury shopping mall in the capital of São Paulo. Now, the inspector says in testimony to the Public Prosecutor's Office that parking companies, private security firms, and even banks also benefited from the scheme.
Part of the collected funds was passed on to Ronilson Bezerra Rodrigues, Undersecretary of Revenue during Gilberto Kassab's (PSD) administration, according to the complaint. He allegedly received up to R$ 6 million in one week. This information comes from Folha de S. Paulo.
A spreadsheet seized by the State Public Prosecutor's Office (MPE) indicates that, in just 16 months, the gang that embezzled ISS tax in São Paulo collected R$ 29 million in bribes paid by 410 projects completed between June 2010 and October 2011 in the city of São Paulo.
The Public Prosecutor's Office of São Paulo found R$ 72,7 in cash inside a safe seized by the Prosecutor's Office on October 30th in Ronilson's apartment in Santos, on the coast of São Paulo.
At the end of last month, the Public Prosecutor's Office announced that R$ 88 and documents were found in the commercial property where the group divided the money from the scheme, in Largo da Misericórdia, in downtown São Paulo.