Supreme Court Justice Gilmar Mendes suspended the breaking of banking, fiscal, and telematic seals for Maridt, a company in which Justice Dias Toffoli is a partner. The action responded to an order from the CPI on Organized Crime and was criticized in a Folha de S.Paulo editorial as an irregular maneuver. The decision relied on a 2021 archived writ of mandamus unrelated to the current case.
On February 27, 2026, Supreme Court Justice Gilmar Mendes suspended the breaking of seals for Maridt, a company where Justice Dias Toffoli is a partner, as ordered by the CPI on Organized Crime days earlier. Mendes described the order as "devoid of validity due to complete and absolute lack of valid foundation" and with a "flawed, imprecise, and mistaken narrative and justification." The decision was issued in a 2021 writ of mandamus filed by producer Brasil Paralelo in the context of the Covid CPI, a case that was already archived and unrelated to Banco Master or the current probe.
Banco Master is controlled by Daniel Vorcaro, and the CPI aims to clarify potential links between Judiciary authorities and organized crime. A Folha de S.Paulo editorial, published on March 2, 2026, portrayed Mendes' action as a "maneuver that mocks procedural rites" and suggested possible backstage arrangements to benefit Toffoli. The piece noted that Toffoli is mentioned in conversations on Vorcaro's cell phone.
The day before, on February 26, Justice André Mendonça ruled that Toffoli's brothers were exempt from appearing before the CPI. The editorial argued that such measures reveal a "spirit of corps" in the STF and questioned the need to protect individual rights without following standard judicial procedures. The CPI, established to investigate organized crime, expanded its scope to include the Banco Master case, with parliamentary arguments to clarify Judiciary involvements. However, the STF's role is to curb actions that violate the rule of law.
