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.
On December 19, 2025, the Federal Police launched an operation targeting federal deputies Sóstenes Cavalcante and Carlos Jordy, both from PL-RJ and close allies of Jair Bolsonaro. The probe examines the possible diversion of parliamentary quota funds, public resources for mandate expenses, for personal gain. Authorities suspect the lawmakers, along with aides like Adailton Oliveira dos Santos and Itamar de Souza Santana, used Harue Car Rental company for embezzlement and money laundering.
Evidence includes financial reports and cell phone chats showing fractional withdrawals and deposits up to R$9,999, plus high-value transactions without identified origins. Supreme Court Justice Flávio Dino ordered the breach of the suspects' bank secrecy from May 2018 to December 2024 and authorized seven search and seizure warrants in Rio de Janeiro and the Federal District.
In one raid, agents found R$430,000 in cash at a property used by Sóstenes Cavalcante. The deputies deny wrongdoing. Jordy labeled the operation "cowardly" and the claim "crude," without providing evidence. Sóstenes claimed the money stemmed from a property sale but offered no supporting documents, and alleged political persecution, referencing a R$129 million contract between the office of Justice Alexandre de Moraes' wife and Banco Master.
The Federal Police raised the following investigative hypotheses: ‘Federal Deputies SÓSTENES CAVALCANTE and CARLOS JORDY would have diverted parliamentary quota resources for their own benefit through commissioned servers in the exercise of functions, among whom would be, at least, ADAILTON OLIVEIRA DOS SANTOS, ITAMAR DE SOUZA SANTANA using, for the success of the criminal venture (embezzlement and laundering), the company HARUE CAR RENTAL’ (Flávio Dino, STF Justice).
The targets will have the chance to defend themselves in the proceedings, upholding the rule of law.
