At least 46 online profiles have launched coordinated attacks against Brazil's Central Bank and investigators in the ongoing Banco Master scandal, intensifying amid legal battles including a recent STF confrontation. Gossip influencers are posting biased content criticizing the regulator's veto of BRB's acquisition and the bank's liquidation.
Coordinated social media attacks against Brazil's Central Bank (BC) have escalated in the Banco Master scandal, following the regulator's veto of Banco de Brasília (BRB)'s acquisition in September and the bank's liquidation. As detailed in prior coverage of the December 30 STF confrontation between Master owner Daniel Vorcaro and ex-BRB president Paulo Henrique Costa—which highlighted contradictions in Federal Police statements—the digital offensive has targeted BC officials amid parallel disputes at the Supreme Federal Court (STF) and Federal Court of Accounts (TCU).
Influencers, often lacking economic expertise and focused on gossip, have criticized the liquidation, attacking figures like former director Renato Gomes (who left December 31), President Gabriel Galípolo and family, Fiscalization Director Aílton de Aquino Santos, bankers, and Febraban. The Brazilian Federation of Banks noted an atypical volume of December posts and is probing coordination.
Examples include a January 2 Instagram post by @divasdohumor slamming Gomes for alleged instability: 'Frequent regulatory changes, volatile interpretations of norms, and lack of clear signaling amplified legal uncertainty.' Gomes dismissed it as 'nonsense.' Earlier, Gomes' image appeared on Brasília billboards pressuring the BC, which unanimously vetoed the deal.
Profiles like @Festadafirma and Futrikei—linked to agencies such as Banca Digital, Grupo Farol, and Deubuzz—posted about December 31 PF depositions, criticizing the BC without evidence of fraud in Vorcaro-BR B clashes. Banca Digital denied payments, calling content 'organic.' Reports indicate influencers were pitched a 'DV' (Vorcaro's initials) campaign with million-dollar offers, rejected by some like councilor Rony Gabriel on December 20.
Banco Master and Vorcaro declined comment. The case also raises STF code-of-conduct concerns, linked to Minister Dias Toffoli's trip with a involved lawyer.
