The Federal Police obtained authorization to break the banking, fiscal, and telematic secrecy of Fábio Luís Lula da Silva, son of President Lula, amid investigations into INSS frauds. The INSS CPI also approved the break in a tumultuous session on Thursday (26), generating tensions in the government ahead of the election campaign. Aides fear impacts on re-election, while the opposition seeks to extend the commission.
On February 26, 2026, STF Minister André Mendonça authorized, at the Federal Police's request made about a month earlier, the break of banking, fiscal, and telematic secrecy of Fábio Luís Lula da Silva, known as Lulinha, son of President Lula (PT). The government only learned of the measure through the press on the same day, heightening concerns among aides about potential impacts on the re-election campaign.
The INSS CPI, chaired by Senator Carlos Viana (Podemos-MG), approved Lulinha's secrecy break in a tumultuous session, with accusations of aggressions between government supporters and opposition members. Government allies filed a resource with Congress leadership requesting annulment of the vote, alleging Viana's partiality and error in the symbolic count, where 14 parliamentarians stood against it. Randolfe Rodrigues (PT-AP), the government's leader in Congress, criticized the session as a "sneaky move" to protect opposition allies, arguing that investigations should not be selective.
Lulinha is mentioned in probes from Operation Sem Desconto, involving Antonio Carlos Camilo Antunes, the Careca do INSS, accused of facilitating retirement frauds. Indirect mentions of him emerged in December 2025. In a December conversation with his father, Lulinha said he was "100% tranquilo" and mocked rumors about his asset growth, questioning about an alleged gold Ferrari and farm. Lula repeated: "Whoever erred must pay," directing that investigations proceed.
The opposition, like Senator Eduardo Girão (Novo-CE), sees the break as justification to extend the INSS CPMI, ending March 28, possibly to May, to analyze data. There are internal government tensions, with doubts about PF Director-General Andrei Rodrigues and criticism of Congress articulation. Meanwhile, the Crime Organized CPI approved, on February 25, the secrecy break of a company linked to Dias Toffoli and invitations to STF ministers, like Toffoli and Alexandre de Moraes, regarding the Banco Master scandal.
The case involves frauds in social security benefits and Banco Master, owned by Daniel Vorcaro, with PF data to be delivered to the CPI within five days, limited to the INSS theme.
