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      Prosecutor wants new investigation into son of TCU president.

      The Public Prosecutor's Office has requested that the Federal Court of Accounts (TCU) investigate facts of "extreme gravity and materiality" in the accounts of the Social Service of Commerce of Rio de Janeiro (Sesc-RJ) and the Federation of Commerce of the State of Rio (Fecomercio-RJ); the investigation involves the law firm of Tiago Cedraz, son of the president of the TCU, Aroldo Cedraz; an audit pointed to expenses of R$ 108,9 million on legal services, some of which were not documented or are outside the institution's purpose; Cedraz's firm appears to have issued an invoice for R$ 6,1 million to Fecomercio-RJ; the transfer was authorized despite its cancellation; Cedraz is already under investigation in a spin-off of Operation Lava Jato.

      The Public Prosecutor's Office has requested that the Federal Court of Accounts (TCU) investigate facts of "extreme gravity and materiality" in the accounts of the Social Service of Commerce of Rio de Janeiro (Sesc-RJ) and the Federation of Commerce of the State of Rio (Fecomercio-RJ); the investigation involves the law firm of Tiago Cedraz, son of the president of the TCU, Aroldo Cedraz; an audit pointed to expenses of R$ 108,9 million on legal services, some of which were not proven or are outside the purpose of the institution; Cedraz's firm appears to have issued an invoice for R$ 6,1 million to Fecomercio-RJ; the transfer was authorized despite the cancellation; Cedraz is already under investigation in a spin-off of Operation Lava Jato (Photo: Paulo Emílio).

      247 - The Public Prosecutor's Office has requested that the Federal Court of Accounts (TCU) open an investigation to examine facts of "extreme gravity and materiality" in the accounts of the Social Service of Commerce of Rio de Janeiro (Sesc-RJ) and the Federation of Commerce of the State of Rio (Fecomercio-RJ). The investigation also involves the law firm of Tiago Cedraz, son of the president of the TCU, Aroldo Cedraz.

      The request to open investigations, made by prosecutor Júlio Marcelo de Oliveira, is based on an audit conducted by Sesc itself, which indicates expenses of R$ 108,9 million on legal services during Orlando Diniz's administration, between December 2015 and March 2016. According to the document, some of the payments were not documented or are outside the institution's intended purpose.

      According to the report, federal funds were transferred to Sesc-RJ, which then transferred them to Fecomercio-RJ to pay for legal services. Diniz is the president of both institutions. Along these lines, Cedraz's firm appears to have issued an invoice for R$ 9,6 million to Fecomercio-RJ, which was cancelled less than half an hour later.

      According to the audit, even with the cancellation, Sesc-RJ transferred R$ 6,1 million to cover the expense, which, according to the auditors, meant that the transfer was made using an "invalid document".

      Tiago Cedraz is the target of an investigation by the Supreme Federal Court, as part of the Lava Jato Operation. He is suspected of having been hired to provide privileged information in proceedings related to the construction of the Angra 3 nuclear power plant. Cedraz denies the accusations.