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Vorcaro jet continued flying after arrest of former banker and establishes base in Paraguay

(FOLHAPRESS) - A plane from Daniel Vorcaro's personal fleet continues to fly between South America, Europe, the United States and the Middle East even after the former banker's most recent arrest, on March 4 of this year. In all cases, the...

Vorcaro jet continued flying after arrest of former banker and establishes base in Paraguay
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At no point did the jet pass through Brazil, according to the aircraft's location data. Vorcaro's defense does not explain the reasons for using the plane, and there are no public records of passengers.

  • In total, there have been 16 international flights since he was arrested for the second time, five months ago.
  • While Vorcaro was negotiating a plea bargain in prison in Brasília, the plane passed through New York, Monaco and Dubai, among other destinations.

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(FOLHAPRESS) - A plane from Daniel Vorcaro's personal fleet continues to fly between South America, Europe, the United States and the Middle East even after the former banker's most recent arrest, on March 4 of this year.

In all cases, the destination or origin of the trip was Asunción, capital of Paraguay. At no point did the jet pass through Brazil, according to the aircraft's location data. Vorcaro's defense does not explain the reasons for using the plane, and there are no public records of passengers.

In total, there have been 16 international flights since he was arrested for the second time, five months ago. While Vorcaro was negotiating a plea bargain in prison in Brasília, the plane passed through New York, Monaco and Dubai, among other destinations.

The jet, prefix PR-PSE, was purchased by Vorcaro in June 2023 for around R$120 million and is registered in the name of Viking, the former banker's holding company.

The aircraft's registration has two different court orders ordering it to be blocked, which means it cannot be sold or transferred. There is also no information in the Brazilian Aeronautical Registry that it has been subleased.

The Gulfstream, model GV-SP, manufactured in 2010, was the most expensive in Viking's fleet, consisting of three aircraft. Vorcaro used the jet frequently, both for his own trips and to lend it to third parties.

The aircraft has been out of the country since August 20, 2025, months before Vorcaro's first arrest. At the time, the jet left Belo Horizonte, the former banker's hometown, heading to Florida, in the United States. Vorcaro's arrest and Master's liquidation occurred three months later, on November 18.

In the opinion of aeronautical law experts consulted by the report, the current user of the plane, whoever it is, may be avoiding Brazil for fear that the jet will be seized by the PF (Federal Police), which is investigating possible crimes by Vorcaro.

Vorcaro's defense team was contacted since August 6th to comment on the case and clarify the use of the aircraft, but did not respond to the report's questions.

Vorcaro has been detained since March 4. He has already passed through the PF superintendency, when he was trying to plea bargain, and is now at the Military Police Custody Center, nicknamed Papudinha, in Brasília.

Ten days after the arrest, on March 14, the jet left Florida, in the United States, heading for Asunción, which became its new base. Previously, the aircraft had been at Fort Lauderdale airport, in the Miami metropolitan region, since January 15. It took two months to stop there.

After arriving in Asunción, the jet's activity increased. Two days later, on March 16, he returned to Miami and returned to Asunción on March 20. Four days later, on March 24, he headed again to Miami, where he remained until April 19.

That day, the plane flew to Paris, France, with stops in Barbados, the Caribbean, and Hannover, Germany. On April 22, he left the French capital and returned to Asunción.

A week later, on April 28, he took another flight, this time from Asunción to New York, in the United States. On April 30, it headed from New York to Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, with a stop in Malta, in the Mediterranean Sea.

Vorcaro's first arrest, on November 18, 2025, occurred when the former banker was leaving for Dubai. The flight plan indicated Malta as the destination, where the plane would be refueled before heading to the Arabian Peninsula.

This time, the jet went to Dubai and returned to Asunción on May 6, stopping in Luanda, the capital of Angola.

The plane remained in Asunción for a short time. On May 9, he left for New York. Five days later, he left the American city for Anguilla, in the Caribbean, where he stayed for three days before returning to Asunción, on May 17.

On May 28, the aircraft continued to Monaco, from where it returned on June 3. The last trip took place in July: he left for Philadelphia, in the United States, on July 17th, and returned to Asunción on the 20th, stopping in Washington.

TRIPS WITH MARTHAO Gulfstream was mentioned frequently by Vorcaro in his conversations. In dialogues with his ex-fiancee Martha Graeff, he mentioned the aircraft five times. Martha used the plane on June 1, 2024, to meet Vorcaro in Arusha, Tanzania, known as the safari capital of the world.

On August 20 of that year, the couple used the aircraft to go from Florida to Croatia. On December 29, Martha took the jet again to meet Vorcaro in São Paulo.

In 2025, there were two mentions: a flight by Martha, on May 12, from Florida to São Paulo, and a flight by Vorcaro, from Genoa, Italy, to Orlando, on August 29, continuing the next day to São Paulo.

On March 28, 2025, BRB (Banco de Brasília) announced that it would buy 58% of Master's shares. The former banker's last two flights on the plane occurred while he was trying to make the operation viable, which ended up being vetoed by the Central Bank on September 3.

The ex-fiancee was not the only person to whom Vorcaro lent the aircraft. According to Piauí magazine, the name of Fábio Faria, former Communications Minister of the Jair Bolsonaro government, appears on the passenger list for a trip to New York made on the plane. The names would have been forwarded by Vorcaro himself to the administrator of his fleet. Faria told Piauí that he paid for the trip himself.

Entry records at Brasília's executive airport also show that Vorcaro used the jet on February 2, 2025 to go from Brasília to Trancoso, in Bahia.

In September 2025, Vorcaro sold 55% of Viking to Stern Fundo de Investimento em Participações Multiestratégia, as Folha de S.Paulo revealed. According to the agent responsible for liquidating Vorcaro's bank, however, the operation kept the company under the group's control.

Stern belongs to the Nauatle funds, based in Brazil, and Faex Fund, domiciled in the Bahamas, a tax haven. Nahuatle also belongs to the Faex Fund. Master's liquidator claims that the Faex Fund belongs