The Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI) for Health of the Legislative Assembly of Mato Grosso (ALMT) deepened, this Wednesday (19), the investigation into contracts and payments carried out by the State Department of Health (SES) between 2019 and 2025. During the hearing of four businesspeople linked to the companies investigated, the president of the commission, state deputy Wilson Santos (PSD), conducted 260 questions based on documents sent by bodies competent, but the deponents chose to remain silent, protected by the constitutional right not to produce evidence against themselves.
Health CPI exposes millions in payments and suspicion of cartel between medical companies in MT
The Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI) for Health of the Legislative Assembly of Mato Grosso (ALMT) deepened, this Wednesday (19), the investigation into contracts and payments carried out by the State Department of Health (SES)...
For the parliamentarian, although the businessmen did not answer the questions, the silence does not impede the progress of the investigation. The right to silence is a decision of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), guaranteed by the Constitution of the Republic, and we have no other alternative than to ask questions.
- 260 questions were asked without any answers.
- Or we also had many answers, because silence is also an answer for a good understanding", he declared.
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For the parliamentarian, although the businessmen did not answer the questions, the silence does not impede the progress of the investigation. "It is up to us to obey. The right to silence is a decision of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), guaranteed by the Constitution of the Republic, and we have no other alternative than to ask questions. 260 questions were asked without any answers. Or we also had many answers, because silence is also an answer for a good understanding", he declared.
The hearing focused mainly on corporate, administrative and financial relationships between companies that provided medical services to SES and which, according to the elements presented to the CPI, would have shared partners, administrators, accounting professionals and participation in processes related to the same services. The information collected by the commission was to determine the existence of a possible coordinated action between businesspeople and possible damage to public coffers.
One of the main focuses was LGI Médicos, formerly LB Serviços Médicos, managed by Luiz Gustavo Castilho Ivoglo. According to data presented to the CPI, the company received tens of millions of reais from SES, mostly payments through compensation. Among the points questioned were the company's corporate structure, the change in its name, the declared share capital, the entry of new partners and the existence of links with other companies investigated.
The CPI also investigates compensation payments that would have reached R$19.4 million to the company, of which R$11.3 million would have federal origin, through Source 112/SUS. Another point raised by the commission involves the existence of discrepancies in timesheets and the registration of doctors in the National Registry of Health Establishments (CNES), in addition to questions about services supposedly billed but not performed.
Ivoglo was the only one of the four deponents to appear in person at the Legislative Assembly. Accompanied by a lawyer, he remained silent during the questioning and only answered one question related to his personal life, confirming that he was the husband of one of the people being investigated.
The CPI also focused questions on Osmar Gabriel Chemim, identified by the commission as linked to the companies Medtrauma, Curat and Bone Medicina Especializada. According to data presented during the investigation, the three companies together received approximately R$81.9 million in compensation payments during the period analyzed.
The relationship between the companies caught the commission's attention because, according to the elements presented to the deputies, they had the participation of common people and acted in procedures related to the same medical services. Another point raised was the use of the same accounting professional, Reginaldo dos Santos Oliveira, by different companies.
The commission also questioned Gabriel Naves Borges' participation in the corporate structure of the companies Medtrauma, Curat and Bone, in addition to payments made to the group's companies. According to data presented to the CPI, Bone would have received approximately R$33.7 million and Curat R$29.5 million in compensation payments.
Another axis of the investigation involves the possibility of simultaneous records of medical shifts in different hospital units. The CPI raised inquiries about professionals linked to companies who had registered shifts in different and geographically distant hospitals, a situation that, according to the notes taken to the commission, needs to be clarified.
The fourth witness, Bruno Castro, also remained silent. The questions addressed to him sought to clarify his business relationships with the nucleus formed by the former LB Serviços Médicos, currently LGI Médicos and with Intensive Care Serviços Médicos Ltda., in addition to possible corporate and financial connections between the companies.
For Wilson Santos, the hearing phase with businesspeople is practically over. He added that the next step will be to listen to the public agents responsible for managing the SES during the period investigated. "The next testimonies will be with public agents. Soon after, we want to present a partial report of what we have seen so far and, if there is anyone else involved who wants to contribute with documents, some testimony or even in a private manner, we will be attentive to listen", he commented.
The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday (26), at 2 pm, when the former secretary and former deputy secretary of State for Health, Gilberto Figueiredo and Caroline Campos Dobes, will be heard. The CPI's expectation is that, after this round of testimony, the partial report organizes the main findings on contracts, compensation payments, business relationships and possible irregularities in the execution of the health services investigated.