BÁRBARA SÁSÃO PAULO, SP (FOLHAPRESS) - The PF (Federal Police) launched an operation this Wednesday (19) against a delegate from the corporation itself suspected of passing on confidential investigation information in exchange for financial advantages. The action complies with eight search and seizure warrants in São Paulo and Rio Grande do Sul.
Federal Police target delegate on suspicion of leaking operations data to those under investigation
BÁRBARA SÁSÃO PAULO, SP (FOLHAPRESS) - The PF (Federal Police) launched an operation this Wednesday (19) against a delegate from the corporation itself suspected of passing on confidential investigation information in exchange for...
The police chief was identified as José Navas Júnior, according to Folha, and worked in Marília, in the interior of São Paulo. He is appointed as responsible for accessing the PF's corporate systems and consulting information about people and procedures that were under investigation.
- The data would then be passed on to those being investigated.
- The report was unable to identify the delegate's defense representative this Wednesday.
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The police chief was identified as José Navas Júnior, according to Folha, and worked in Marília, in the interior of São Paulo. He is appointed as responsible for accessing the PF's corporate systems and consulting information about people and procedures that were under investigation. The data would then be passed on to those being investigated. The report was unable to identify the delegate's defense representative this Wednesday.
According to the investigation, businesspeople paid intermediaries, including lawyers, to obtain information. The amounts would later be passed on to the delegate in a fractional and concealed manner.
The investigation shows that the delegate moved R$28 million between 2020 and 2025, considering inflows and outflows of resources. The investigation seeks to clarify the origin and destination of the values ??and identify everyone involved in the scheme.
With early access to information about operations, those under investigation could adopt measures to frustrate investigations and searches, including avoiding being found in their homes. The leaks would have benefited criminal organizations linked to cigarette smuggling, according to the PF.
In addition to the delegate, lawyers who allegedly acted as payment intermediaries and businessmen suspected of paying for access to confidential data are being investigated.
The eight search and seizure warrants were authorized by the 1st Federal Court of Marília (SP). The Court also ordered the blocking and seizure of assets and imposed precautionary measures on the delegate, including the suspension of the exercise of public functions and the prohibition of access to the Federal Police's facilities, systems and technological resources.
Operation Sinon investigates suspicions of breach of functional secrecy, passive and active corruption, criminal association and embarrassment to the investigation of a criminal organization.
The PF states that the investigation continues to identify others involved, track the resources moved and assess the damage caused to the investigations that would have been affected by the information leak.
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