Vice-President of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) forwards investigation into the purchase of ventilators during the pandemic to the Supreme Federal Court (STF).
The investigation concerns possible crimes in the direct contracting, by the Northeast Consortium, of a company allegedly lacking the technical qualifications to supply 300 hospital ventilators.
Conjur - The Vice-President of the Superior Court of Justice, Minister Og Fernandes, forwarded to the Supreme Federal Court the confidential inquiry initiated to investigate possible crimes in the direct contracting, by the Northeast Consortium, of a company allegedly lacking technical qualifications to supply 300 hospital ventilators to assist in the fight against Covid-19, for the amount of R$ 49,5 million.
Within the scope of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ), precautionary measures were granted to further the investigations, such as the lifting of bank and telephone/telematics secrecy, in addition to search and seizure operations.
Minister Og Fernandes noted, however, that the analysis of the seized material and the police report on the evidence gathered in the Federal Police investigation are still pending, with the latter having requested more time to prepare its conclusive report.
However, as pointed out by the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office, the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) no longer has jurisdiction over the investigation because there are currently no individuals under investigation with special jurisdiction before this court.
Thus, the minister concluded that the inquiry should be sent to the Supreme Federal Court (STF) so that the court can assess whether, among the individuals under investigation, there is an authority with special jurisdiction that determines its own competence, as decided in a Procedural Question in Criminal Action 937.