Building of the Federal Regional Court of the 4th Region João Victor Teixeira/G1RS A former public servant from Dom Pedrito, on the Western Border of Rio Grande do Sul, was convicted by the Federal Court for entering false information into the municipality's computerized system to obtain Bolsa Família resources irregularly. According to the sentence, published on July 29, the fraud resulted in the undue receipt of more than R$20,000. The decision is from the 1st Federal Court of Rio Grande. ? Access the g1 RS channel on WhatsApp The woman was sentenced to three years and four months in prison, in an initial open regime. The prison sentence was replaced by community service and payment of a minimum wage. In addition, it must reimburse the public coffers in the amount of R$ 20,216, an amount corresponding to the damage caused. The decision can still be challenged.
Fraud on Bolsa Família: Former employee is sentenced after creating false registrations and receiving more than R$20,000
Building of the Federal Regional Court of the 4th Region João Victor Teixeira/G1RS A former public servant from Dom Pedrito, on the Western Border of Rio Grande do Sul, was convicted by the Federal Court for entering...
According to the complaint from the Federal Public Ministry (MPF), the scheme took place between July 2018 and April 2019. During this period, the then public servant allegedly made 12 fraudulent registrations related to three people, allowing benefits to be paid unduly. The woman's identity was not disclosed by the Federal Regional Court of the 4th Region. The crime The investigation showed that the irregularity was discovered after an analysis carried out by Dom Pedrito City Hall on beneficiary records. The survey identified three people with the same name, differentiated only by the order or abbreviation of their surnames. Each of them appeared linked to four different registers, which made it possible to pay four benefits to each beneficiary. Information from Caixa Econômica Federal to TRF4 indicated that the transfers occurred because the system interpreted the records as belonging to different people. According to the bank, the false data was entered using the server's CPF. Among the registered beneficiaries were the accused's then partner and her mother. Images from Caixa monitoring were also used as evidence. The records showed that the amounts were withdrawn by the former server's mother on one occasion and several times by her partner. In some withdrawals, he appeared in the company of the employee himself. During the process, the accused's mother stated that she did not request the benefit for her own use. She reported that she worked as a domestic worker and had sufficient income, but made withdrawals in response to a request from her daughter to help with expenses for her grandson, diagnosed with autism. The former server admitted the fraud during interrogation. She claimed to have faced financial difficulties and stated that the money was used to support the family and for expenses related to her son. He also stated that the family members did not participate in the creation of the scheme and expressed regret. Sentence When analyzing the case, the judge understood that the justification presented does not exclude criminal liability. In the sentence, he highlighted that there was no proof of an immediate risk situation that would make the practice inevitable. It also noted that the accused received remuneration from the public position she held at the time. VIDEOS: Everything about RS
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