Delegate: arrested lawyer hid faction assets in MT

The action was launched by the Civil Police this Thursday (30) and investigates crimes of criminal organization and money laundering.

According to the delegate, Dayane was responsible for the documentary regularization of high-standard properties in Itapema (SC), which would have been acquired in the name of “oranges”.

Victor Hugo stated that the work she performed directly benefited Paulo Winter Paelo Farias, the WT, appointed as treasurer of the faction and main target of the operation.

"The lawyer arrested in the city of Cuiabá acted as a property attorney on behalf of people interposed in the city of Itapema. She carried out the activity to hide and dissimulate the assets belonging to this faction, to this treasurer of the criminal organization", stated the delegate.

According to Victor Hugo, Dayane and the other suspects arrested in the operation maintained a high standard of living, supported by the “salary” received due to the functions performed within the faction.

On social media, the influencer shared records of a routine marked by trips to different destinations in the country.

"Individually we were unable to stipulate the salary they received, especially because the investigations are still ongoing, we have telematic data to be analyzed. But the total balance of the blockade was around R$18 million for these targets who were arrested today", he stated.

Among those arrested are also the parliamentary advisor for the Cuiabá Chamber Brunno Passos da Silva, the amateur football player Alex Júnior and Emerson Ferreira Lima, appointed as WT's right-hand man.

According to investigations, Alex has been working alongside WT for years and is part of the amateur football team Amigos WT, owned by the faction's treasurer.

“The football player from this faction’s team has already been arrested several times, and was involved in money laundering, carrying out acts in favor of the criminal organization,” he stated.

Emerson Ferreira, according to the delegate, played a strategic role within the criminal structure, working directly alongside WT.

"This man arrested in the Alvorada neighborhood was the right-hand man of this treasurer of the criminal faction. He is the person to whom he reported directly for the practice of illicit money laundering in favor of the criminal organization", he added.

The operation

The action investigates criminal organization crimes and money laundering by the criminal faction, and seeks to interrupt the continuity of the group's activities, preserve evidence, prevent the dissipation of assets and reach the economic base that supported the criminal organization.

In total, the action carried out 10 preventive arrest warrants, search and seizure warrants, in addition to property and confidentiality measures, against 14 suspects from the group in Cuiabá, Várzea Grande, Balneário Camboriú (SC), Itapema (SC) and Rio de Janeiro (RJ).

According to the Civil Police, the investigation is an offshoot of operations Apito Final, Fair Play and Tempo Extra, and was structured based on the analysis of telematic data.

The technical reports pointed to the continued operation of the criminal organization, with division of tasks, its own financial core, external operators, use of third-party accounts and acquisition of assets in the name of people without compatible economic capacity.

The court decision authorized, in addition to arrests, personal, home and vehicle searches, removal of the confidentiality of electronic devices, sharing of evidence, kidnapping and unavailability of properties and vehicles, in addition to the blocking of financial assets of those being investigated.

Among them are high-end apartments and houses in Mato Grosso and Santa Catarina, three plots of land and four vehicles. A financial blockage of up to R$15.324 million was also requested, an amount related to the accounting found during the investigation.