Lawyers queue at Toffoli's office amid delays in Banco Master fraud probe

Following the second phase of Federal Police Operation Compliance Zero, lawyers for targets in the Banco Master fraud case report long queues at STF Justice Dias Toffoli's office for access to sealed files. Relatives of banker Daniel Vorcaro are under scrutiny for investments in a contested Amazonas carbon credits project.

As Operation Compliance Zero—targeting an alleged R$5.7 billion fraud scheme at Banco Master—progresses under STF Justice Dias Toffoli's rapporteurship, lawyers for an expanding list of targets are facing delays in accessing the sealed inquiry files. André Callegari, representing Henrique Vorcaro (Daniel's father), Natália Vorcaro (sister), and Thiago Assumpção, described a backlog of access requests awaiting Toffoli's approval. “According to information I obtained, there is a series of access requests awaiting the minister's approval,” Callegari told VEJA.

The Vorcaro relatives are partners in a company that invested in a carbon credits project covering 145,000 hectares in Amazonas from 2022 to 2024. More than half the area overlaps with public lands contested by Incra, making economic exploitation unfeasible. The investment involved quotas from a fund managed by Reag, which the Central Bank liquidated amid the probe.

This follows the operation's second phase on January 14, which executed over 40 search and seizure warrants across multiple states and blocked significant assets (as reported in prior coverage). The first phase in November 2025 included arrests, including Daniel Vorcaro's (later released), and 25 searches.

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Illustration of Federal Police raiding Banco Master offices, arresting suspects and seizing assets in anti-fraud operation.
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PF launches second phase of operation against Banco Master frauds

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The Federal Police carried out the second phase of Operation Compliance Zero on Wednesday (14), with 42 search and seizure warrants against targets linked to Banco Master, including owner Daniel Vorcaro and businessman Nelson Tanure. The operation led to the temporary arrest of Vorcaro's brother-in-law and the seizure of assets worth millions. STF Justice Dias Toffoli, the case rapporteur, criticized the PF for delays but reconsidered decisions on the evidence.

Supreme Court Justice Dias Toffoli has ordered the Federal Police to take statements from individuals investigated in the Banco Master fraud case and Central Bank directors within 30 days. The action aims to clarify allegations and safeguard the National Financial System. The probe was moved to the STF following a defense request from an investigated party.

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Fabiano Zettel, brother-in-law of banker Daniel Vorcaro from Banco Master, owns the investment fund that acquired part of the stake held by Supreme Court Justice Dias Toffoli's brothers in the Tayayá resort in Paraná. The deal unfolded amid probes into bank frauds, with Toffoli serving as the case's rapporteur at the STF. Toffoli holds no direct stake in the property.

In a follow-up ruling, STF Minister Dias Toffoli rejected the Central Bank's embargos to remove Fiscalization Director Ailton Aquino Santos from the December 30 confrontation hearing in the Banco Master case, emphasizing his relevance despite BC not being investigated.

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In the latest twist in the Banco Master liquidation case—following STF Minister Dias Toffoli's December 27 rejection of the Central Bank's bid to exclude its Fiscalization Director from the December 30 confrontation—two justice officials visited the São Paulo office before Christmas seeking liquidator Eduardo Félix Bianchini, fueling expectations of summons in the ongoing legal disputes.

The Federal Police conducted an operation on December 19, 2025, targeting federal deputies Sóstenes Cavalcante and Carlos Jordy from PL-RJ, probing the diversion of parliamentary quotas. Agents seized R$430,000 in cash from a property linked to Sóstenes, the PL leader in the Chamber. Supreme Court Justice Flávio Dino authorized searches and the breach of bank secrecy.

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In his Folha de S.Paulo column, journalist Elio Gaspari compares the current Banco Master investigation involving Daniel Vorcaro to the 1995 Pasta Rosa scandal, noting how documented evidence from the past resulted in no real consequences.

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