The former municipal undersecretary of São Paulo’s Revenue, Arnaldo Augusto Pereira, was arrested this Wednesday, 1st, on suspicion of interfering in the investigation that accuses him of using his position to collect bribes. He was denounced by the State Public Ministry for concussion and money laundering.
The preventive detention was ordered by judge Thiago Baldani Gomes De Filippo, of the 1st Court of Tax Crimes, Criminal Organization and Laundering of Goods and Valuables in the capital, at the request of the MP. The agency claims that Pereira acted to change the testimony of one of the witnesses in the investigation and, therefore, his freedom poses risks for criminal instruction.
“The accused influenced the change in the witness’s testimony, and therefore put at risk the fairness of the criminal instruction”, wrote prosecutors Roberto Bodini, Rodrigo Mansour Magalhães da Silveira, Luís Claudio de Carvalho Valente, Marcelo Mendroni and Fábio Bechara in the request of arrest sent to justice last week.
The judge also authorized the seizure of cell phones eventually found with the former undersecretary.
“By comparing the evidentiary elements brought by the Public Ministry, there are serious indications that Arnaldo would have influenced the sudden and substantial change in the witness’s testimony”, wrote the magistrate. The judge also considered that the witness’s version in question is ‘fundamental’ for the investigation.
According to the complaint, Pereira received nearly R$1.2 million in exchange for releasing a permit for the construction of a residential condominium in Santo André (SP). He would have bought a property, declared at half market value, as a money laundering strategy.
Pereira had already been arrested in the investigation that made public the so-called ISS Mafia, in which city inspectors were accused of charging bribes to reduce the calculation of taxes on construction companies that erect buildings in the city.
WITH THE WORD, THE FORMER UNDER SECRETARY
Until the publication of this article, the report sought contact with the defense of Arnaldo Augusto Pereira, but without success. The space is open for demonstrations (rayssa.motta@estadao.com and fausto.macedo@estadao.com).
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source https://pledgetimes.com/prosecutor-arrests-former-undersecretary-of-revenue-for-the-city-of-sao-paulo-istoe-dinheiro/
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