Lavareda refutes accusation regarding asset freeze.
The defense of political scientist and marketing expert Antônio Lavareda, whose assets were frozen by order of Judge Roberta Viana Jardim of the Pernambuco Court of Justice (TJ-PE), contested the magistrate's decision; "This is a diversionary tactic, a reversal of the facts to deceive the unwary observer," they say; such a maneuver, "whose objective, in addition to confusing the facts, is to try to damage the image of a renowned sociologist, criminally involves the names of companies and a research institute linked to him," they add.
Pernambuco 247 - After to have their assets frozen by order of Judge Roberta Viana JardimIn response to the decision by the Court of Justice of Pernambuco (TJ-PE), political scientist and marketing expert Antônio Lavareda commented on the ruling.
Lavareda is the target of a criminal complaint filed by his former partner at Banco Gerador, businessman Paulo Sérgio Macedo. The bank was sold to the Agiplan Group in May 2016.
Macedo accuses Lavareda, who is also the presenter of the program 'Ponto a Ponto', broadcast by BandNews, of the alleged crimes of "fraud and falsification of private documents".
Lavareda's lawyer, Fernando Friedheim, disputes the decision, saying it is a "diversionary" maneuver intended to deceive.
Below is a point-by-point breakdown of the defense's statement:
0. This is a diversionary tactic, a reversal of the facts to deceive the unwary observer.
0. All their initiatives are a strategy to anticipate an action they know is in the final stages of preparation to reveal the facts relating to the disastrous near-bankruptcy of Banco Gerador, managed by Paulo Dalla Nora, whose sale—for the value of ONE real—to Agiplan was practically forced by the Central Bank.
3. During the administration of Paulo Dala Nora, son and nephew of the other two authors, the
The bank suffered accumulated losses in successive operations that are being uncovered, causing substantial, multi-million dollar losses to the institution and to shareholder Antonio Lavareda - who NEVER, at any time, participated in the bank's management.
0. In this current diversionary maneuver, whose objective, besides confusing the facts, is to try to damage the image of a renowned sociologist, they criminally involve the names of companies and a research institute linked to him, without reporting in the Representation the concrete issue that has nothing to do with such companies: the extensive litigation arising from the immense damage that the questioned management of Paulo Dalla Nora at Gerador caused to the bank and to the shareholder Antonio Lavareda.
0. A single fact serves to definitively prove the bad faith displayed in the aforementioned theatrical-criminal representation. Note that the authors dedicate themselves to questioning loan transactions between some of these organizations and/or Antonio Lavareda – entirely legal, declared, and legitimate transactions such as cash management – attempting to "criminalize" them, but surprisingly, they FORGOT to mention that more than a DOZEN of these transactions were carried out for the benefit of the claimants themselves, whether with loans destined for their company, Nordeste Segurança, or for the claimants themselves as individuals!!!
0. In short, it is actually a flawed representation, aimed at generating media attention by using the press as a platform for dubious pretension.