Under pressure from debt, former Furnas executive reveals off-the-books accounting.
Two lawsuits concerning Furnas's slush fund are currently underway, sealed by the Minas Gerais Court of Justice; the notarized statement by former Furnas president Dimas Fabiano Toledo, which 247 is exclusively publishing, had never been made public before.
Marco Damiani_247 - Former Furnas president Dimas Fabiano Toledo made his "Declaration for Judicial or Extrajudicial Evidence Purposes," in which he accuses the current mayor of São Paulo, Gilberto Kassab, of having operated an off-the-books fund of R$ 27.4 million in the 2002 elections, as part of an agreement to pay off a debt of R$ 6 million to consultant Nilton Antonio Monteiro.
The document states that, through two promissory notes, photocopies of which were attached to the declaration registered on November 6, 2008, at the 23rd Notary Office of Rio de Janeiro, the former president of Furnas would pay the amount owed to consultant Nilton in two installments.
How and why did Dimas incur this debt with Nilton? The topic is explicitly addressed in the statement:
"I, Dimas Fabiano Toledo, and the lawyer Carlos Felipe Amoedo, in agreement with our creditor Nilton Antonio Monteiro, have agreed not to disclose the origin of this debt under any circumstances." Having made this statement, the signatory continues:
"I, Dimas Fabiano Toledo, acknowledge the creation of the Furnas List (containing names and amounts allocated to politicians who ran in the 2002 elections), a document I prepared in four copies, containing five pages, all of which were initialed and signed by this declarant."
“The issue of our debt is another story,” consultant Nilton Antonio Monteiro told 247. “Dimas owed me 12 million and only signed the declaration because I warned him that I myself would denounce the entire scheme if he didn’t commit to paying me on the terms I demanded. I sought protection for myself,” he added.
Two cases under judicial secrecy are currently underway in the Court of Justice of Minas Gerais, where Nilton's old allegations about Furnas's slush fund are being investigated. However, the notarized statement from the former president of the state-owned company, which 247 is publishing exclusively, had never been made public before. It contains further allegations.