Globo's investigation may resurface in Congress.

The revelation was made by journalist Amaury Ribeiro Júnior, author of the book "Privataria Tucana," in his column in the newspaper Hoje em Dia. "The Marinho family has yet another reason to worry. The process also ends up revealing the broadcaster's underworld in tax havens. In this process, for example, it is accused of using companies in the British Virgin Islands to pay FIFA for the broadcasting rights of the 2002 World Cup," he says. The alleged tax evasion would reach R$ 600 million, but the infraction notice disappeared from the Federal Revenue Service; it was stolen by an employee who was later denounced by the Public Prosecutor's Office.

July 10, 2013, 10:56 pmUpdated May 23, 2019, 06:48 AM

247 - Reported by the blog "O Cafezinho," by journalist Miguel do Rosário, and later echoed even in Folha de S. Paulo, the allegation that Globo received a multimillion-dollar fine from the Federal Revenue Service, stemming from the purchase of rights to the 2002 World Cup, is now also being investigated by journalist Amaury Ribeiro Júnior. In a report in the newspaper Hoje em Dia, from Belo Horizonte, he states that the inquiry against Globo, which disappeared from the Revenue Service and was stolen by an employee already denounced by the Public Prosecutor's Office, may reappear in the National Congress, brought by a retired auditor. Read below:

Lawsuits against Globo may resurface in Congress.

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Under a death threat, a retired auditor promises to deliver to the National Congress, in the coming days, the more than 10 original volumes of the (criminal and civil) proceedings against Rede Globo for tax evasion, money laundering, and crimes against the financial system. The files disappeared from the Federal Revenue Service buildings on the eve of the second round of the 2006 presidential elections.

Attempt

The disappearance of the case file was also confirmed by a tax auditor who participated in the investigations against Globo. After attempting to gain financial advantage from the files, an auditor in charge of carrying out the cleanup operation allegedly suffered an attack months later and went into hiding. Now, from his hiding place, he awaits the right moment to finalize his revenge against TV Globo.

Maneuver

To cover up the disappearance of the case file, the top officials at the Internal Revenue Service, according to the same source, allegedly hastily assembled two other cloned files with different numbering from the initial files, which were assigned the number 18.470011261/2006-14 by the Revenue Service. A high-ranking source at the Revenue Service assures that the copies disappeared after tax auditor Alberto Zile requested, in addition to the civil case, the opening of a criminal case against the Marinho brothers. The maneuver's main objective was to allow the crimes to expire under the statute of limitations, which occurs after five years. Furthermore, the civil case was allegedly constructed with numerous flaws, aiming for procedural nullity.

Panic

No one at the tax office knows the whereabouts of these cases, which have still not been sent to court. The same source from the top ranks of the tax authority said that the cloned cases do not lessen the panic at the tax office. This is because a simple search on the Ministry of Finance's website – open to any citizen – reveals that the original cases left their fingerprints and, moreover, have been stalled at the Rio de Janeiro Tax Office since 2006. Globo didn't even appeal to the National Taxpayers Council. If they had appealed, it would be visible in the case files (Comprot).

Tax Havens

The Marinho family has yet another reason to worry. The lawsuit also ends up revealing the broadcaster's underworld in tax havens. In this lawsuit, for example, it is accused of using companies in the British Virgin Islands to pay FIFA for the broadcasting rights to the 2002 World Cup.

Money launderer

In other words, instead of legally sending the large sum through the Central Bank, the broadcaster resorted to a network of money launderers run by Dario Messer, the same man who laundered money for Rodrigo Silveirinha and was the leader of the Rio de Janeiro tax inspectors' mafia, who was arrested in 2003 after sending millions abroad.