ISS Mafia: Prosecutors will track accounts in the US.
A criminal gang is suspected of using banks in Miami and New York to receive bribes from Brazilian construction companies; tax inspector Luis Alexandre Magalhães, who is part of the plea bargain program, will have his account transactions at the Israel Discount Bank (DBI) branch investigated by Simba (Financial Transaction System) of the Ministry of Finance; prosecutor Roberto Bodini tried to hide information to prevent withdrawals.
247 – The investigations into the ISS mafia, which caused a loss of over R$ 500 million to the public coffers of São Paulo, will enter an international sphere. The State Public Prosecutor's Office wants to trace the overseas accounts of all members. The gang is suspected of using banks in Miami and New York to receive bribes from Brazilian construction companies.
This is the case of Luis Alexandre Magalhães, whose account transactions at the Israel Discount Bank (DBI) branch will be investigated by Simba (Financial Transaction System), of the Ministry of Finance.
The existence of these accounts, which do not appear in Luis Alexandre's asset declaration, was revealed by him in the plea bargain program to assist investigations into the fraud scheme in exchange for judicial pardon.
“We are pursuing this. I didn’t speak up before so that the gang wouldn’t withdraw all the money overnight in order to hinder the investigations. However, the information leaked,” said prosecutor Roberto Bodini.read here).