Senate President of the INSS CPMI, Carlos Viana (Podemos-MG), announced the summons of bankers Daniel Vorcaro and Luiz Félix Cardamone Neto for depositions on February 5. The hearings are part of investigations into frauds in payroll loans to INSS retirees. The commission is also seeking to overturn a habeas corpus to hear Maurício Camisoti.
Senator Carlos Viana, president of the Joint Parliamentary Inquiry Commission (CPMI) on INSS, announced on January 28 the date for the hearings of Daniel Vorcaro, former owner of Banco Master, and Luiz Félix Cardamone Neto, former president of Banco BMG. The sessions are scheduled for February 5, when the committee resumes work in the National Congress.
"We inform Brazil that Daniel Vorcaro and Luiz Félix Cardamone Neto have been summoned to appear this Thursday, February 5, before the INSS CPMI," Viana stated in a social media post.
The summoned individuals' attendance is mandatory, with the possibility of coercive conduct if they fail to appear, although last year some obtained court injunctions to avoid testifying. The CPMI is investigating frauds in payroll loans granted to INSS retirees and pensioners, as well as suspicions of money laundering, corruption, and organized crime. Vorcaro is suspected of creating an influence network in Brasília to cover up Banco Master frauds estimated at 50 billion reais.
At the end of last year, the commission approved breaks in Vorcaro's fiscal, banking, and telematic secrecy, including obtaining data from companies such as Meta, WhatsApp, Google, Telegram, Apple, Twitter, and ByteDance (TikTok). The commission is also working to overturn the habeas corpus protecting Maurício Camisoti from testifying.
It is not yet determined whether the deposition will be public, with live broadcast, or in a secret session. Lawmakers plan to focus on Vorcaro's relations with influential figures from the Three Branches of the Republic, which is expected to stir the return of legislative work.
