Entrance to the Florianópolis campus of the Federal University of Santa Catarina UFSC/Disclosure The Federal Court of Santa Catarina acquitted six defendants in one of the cases related to Operation Ouvidos Moucos, which investigated the misuse of public resources in distance learning at the University of Santa Catarina (UFSC). The decision is due Friday (31). Launched in September 2017, the action gained national repercussion after the suicide of the rector of UFSC at the time, Luiz Carlos Cancellier, who was arrested in the investigations. In another process that deals with the same investigation, other defendants in the case are still awaiting trial. ?Click and follow the g1 SC channel on WhatsApp ?? The complaint that ended with the acquittals was the second of the operation. At this stage, the Federal Police investigated vehicle rental services and activities related to the Universidade Aberta do Brasil (UAB) program. In the decision, judge Nelson Gustavo Mesquita Ribeiro Alves dismissed the complaint presented by the Federal Public Ministry (MPF) due to insufficient evidence. The 1st Federal Court also mentioned that the Federal Audit Court (TCU) concluded that there had been no overpricing in the contracts. With the decision, Sonia Maria Silva Correa de Souza Cruz, Murilo da Costa Silva, Maria Bernadete dos Santos Miguez, Márcio Santos, Lúcia Beatriz Fernandes and Aurélio Justino Cordeiro were acquitted. g1 asked the MPF whether the body would appeal the decision and was awaiting feedback until the last update of this report. READ ALSO: OUDIDOS MOUCOS: 3 defendants confess to the crimes and agree to pay for basic food baskets Dean of UFSC and six other people are arrested in operation against embezzlement of resources TCU rules out irregularities in UFSC program that led to Operation Ouvidos Moucos What did Operation Ouvidos Moucos investigate? The action was launched to dismantle an alleged criminal organization that had diverted resources from Distance Education (EaD) courses offered by the Universidade Aberta do Brasil (UAB) program at UFSC. Between 2006 and 2017, R$80 million was transferred to the program. Death of dean Removed from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) after one of the phases of the operation, former dean Luiz Carlos Cancellier was found dead at Beiramar Shopping, in Florianópolis, on the morning of October 2, 2017. During the investigation, he claimed that he did not interfere in investigations by the university's general internal affairs department and considered his arrest and removal from UFSC in the action as "traumatic". VIDEOS: most watched g1 SC in the last 7 days