Post by mesi10 on Jan 10, 2024 22:00:35 GMT -6
Brazilian authorities are investigating former soccer player and now senator Romario de Souza Faria for signs of money laundering in banking operations, according to the newspaper O Globo this Thursday.
The Financial Activities Control Council (Coaf), a body linked to the Ministry of Finance, indicated in a recent report that Romario manages an account in the name of his sister, Zoraidi de Souza Faria, with the intention of "hiding" his own banking movements. , stated the newspaper.
According to the organization, cited by the newspaper, the movements of that account "are incompatible with the financial capacity" of Romario's sister, who is also a pre-candidate for the Government of Rio de Janeiro for the elections next October.
Furthermore, the account was opened, according to O Globo, in an agency in the National Congress, in Brasilia, where Romario has held his parliamentary mandate since Binance App Users Data 2011, first in the Chamber of Deputies and then in the Senate, but his sister resides in Jacarepaguá, in the western area of Rio, where the former striker is from.
The newspaper reported in the text that the sister of the legendary soccer player declares an annual income of just 8,000 reais (about 2,100 dollars), but according to the entity, she received 8 million reais (about 2.1 million dollars) in that account between August of 2016 and April 2017.
The Ministry of Finance did not deny or corroborate the information and limited itself to stating in a statement sent to Efe that "the Coaf does not comment on specific cases."
Romario, who was champion with the Brazilian team in the 1994 World Cup in the United States, is a pre-candidate for the Podemos party for the Government of Rio de Janeiro, immersed in a serious security crisis, and appears as one of the favorites in the polls. voting intention.
The Financial Activities Control Council (Coaf), a body linked to the Ministry of Finance, indicated in a recent report that Romario manages an account in the name of his sister, Zoraidi de Souza Faria, with the intention of "hiding" his own banking movements. , stated the newspaper.
According to the organization, cited by the newspaper, the movements of that account "are incompatible with the financial capacity" of Romario's sister, who is also a pre-candidate for the Government of Rio de Janeiro for the elections next October.
Furthermore, the account was opened, according to O Globo, in an agency in the National Congress, in Brasilia, where Romario has held his parliamentary mandate since Binance App Users Data 2011, first in the Chamber of Deputies and then in the Senate, but his sister resides in Jacarepaguá, in the western area of Rio, where the former striker is from.
The newspaper reported in the text that the sister of the legendary soccer player declares an annual income of just 8,000 reais (about 2,100 dollars), but according to the entity, she received 8 million reais (about 2.1 million dollars) in that account between August of 2016 and April 2017.
The Ministry of Finance did not deny or corroborate the information and limited itself to stating in a statement sent to Efe that "the Coaf does not comment on specific cases."
Romario, who was champion with the Brazilian team in the 1994 World Cup in the United States, is a pre-candidate for the Podemos party for the Government of Rio de Janeiro, immersed in a serious security crisis, and appears as one of the favorites in the polls. voting intention.