Drug fraud leads former minister to Federal Police investigation.
Anderson Adauto (PMDB), who was Minister of Transport in Lula's government and is the current mayor of Uberaba, is giving statements to the Federal Police regarding possible irregularities in bidding processes involving the municipality of the Triângulo Mineiro region and the pharmaceutical company Home Care. The alleged shortfall is R$ 5 million.
Mines 247- The former Minister of Transport (Lula government) and current mayor of Uberaba, Anderson Adauto (PMDB), testified to the Federal Police this Thursday. The police are investigating an alleged bid-rigging scheme involving the company Home Care and the city hall. The company was contracted to supply and distribute medications in the city. According to the investigations, the fraud has already cost public coffers more than R$ 5 million. In 2008, the Public Prosecutor's Office, which was investigating the case, requested the revocation of the mayor's political rights for five to eight years.
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The Mayor of Uberaba, Anderson Adauto, testified this Thursday (28) at the Federal Police Station, which is investigating allegations of bid rigging involving the Municipality of Uberaba and the pharmaceutical company Home Care. The Public Prosecutor’s Office is asking the court to return R$ 5 million to public coffers, which would be the amount embezzled in 2006.
Anderson Adauto said he tried to answer the questions during his statement at the police station. According to the Mayor, he hopes the case will be clarified. Anderson Adauto and the former Secretary of Health and Government, as well as two employees, were accused of participating in a fraudulent scheme in the contracting of the company Home Care to manage the purchase and distribution of medicines in Uberaba, in November 2006.
Investigations showed that the fraud began during the bidding process and that the tenders were rigged so that companies not participating in the scheme would be disqualified. The suspicion is that the winning bidders inflated the prices of the medications. Home Care is alleged to have embezzled nearly R$ 5,1 million from public funds in ten months.
In 2008, the Public Prosecutor's Office of Minas Gerais requested the removal and seizure of assets of the four individuals involved and, in the case of Mayor Anderson Adauto, requested the suspension of his political rights for a period of five to eight years. At the time, representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and neighborhood associations in the municipality filed a petition with the City Council requesting the removal from office of the recently re-elected mayor.