Banco Master
STF's Second Panel upholds Daniel Vorcaro's prison in unanimous vote
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The STF's Second Panel ruled 4-0 to uphold the preventive detention of Banco Master owner Daniel Vorcaro on Friday (March 20). Justice Gilmar Mendes sided with rapporteur André Mendonça but criticized the reasoning as using 'porous and elastic' terms. The ruling comes amid Operation Compliance Zero probing financial frauds.
Influencer Martha Graeff, ex-girlfriend of Banco Master owner Daniel Vorcaro, stated she had no knowledge of his alleged fraudulent practices. In a statement released on Friday (27), she criticized the leak of private messages and denied receiving assets from the relationship.
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The Lagoinha church in Belo Horizonte, recently linked to luxury, politics and the Banco Master scandal, began in the 1970s as a neighborhood Baptist church that revolutionized Brazilian Protestantism with lively worship.
Deputy Rogério Correia (PT-MG) filed a request with the INSS CPMI to break the bank and fiscal secrecy of Ana Cláudia Queiroz de Paiva, an employee of Daniel Vorcaro. He also requested COAF reports on her financial movements and for her to testify before the commission. The action comes amid arrests related to investigations into fraud in INSS payroll loans.
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The Federal Police arrested banker Daniel Vorcaro on Wednesday (March 4) in the third phase of Operation Compliance Zero, investigating irregularities at Banco Master. The operation uncovered a criminal organization with four nuclei, including corruption of Central Bank employees and intimidation of adversaries. Two BC employees were removed and required to wear ankle monitors.
Daniel Vorcaro, owner of Banco Master, denied to the Federal Police having defrauded credit portfolios worth R$ 12.2 billion sold to BRB, claiming he did not know which were good or bad. The portfolios, acquired from Tirreno consultancy, allegedly originated from payroll loans via Bahia public server associations, but indications point to forgery to inflate the bank's balance. The testimony took place on December 30, 2025, at the STF, under the rapporteurship of Dias Toffoli.
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Brazil's Central Bank decreed the liquidation of Will Bank, the digital arm of the Master group, on Wednesday (21) after it failed to meet commitments with the Mastercard network. The move raises costs for the Credit Guarantor Fund (FGC) to around R$ 50 billion, the fund's largest ever. Customers report difficulties accessing funds and paying bills, as STF investigations into bank frauds face ongoing pressure.
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March 19, 2026 05:54Vorcaro signs confidentiality term for plea bargain and is transferred to PF
March 16, 2026 03:24INSS CPMI suspects hidden cameras in secure room after Mendonça suspends access to Vorcaro's confidential documents
March 12, 2026 03:13Toffoli declares himself suspect in Vorcaro's imprisonment judgment
March 11, 2026 10:11Congress leaders to decide soon on Banco Master CPI requests
February 23, 2026 06:57Senator Carlos Viana appeals to STF for Daniel Vorcaro's testimony
February 21, 2026 16:36Mendonça schedules new meeting with PF on Banco Master case
February 20, 2026 22:29Mendonça increases transparency in Banco Master case
February 08, 2026 23:24Fachin's strategy for STF ethics code divides supporters
February 02, 2026 00:02STF resumes work amid internal divisions and Congress tensions