Rio de Janeiro/RJ. The Federal Police deflagrate, on this sixth day (12/13), Operação Têmis, to dismantle the criminal organization suspected of buying votes and laundering money.
The investigation began in the fall, when a man was arrested in flagrante, in Duque de Caxias/RJ, with R$ 1.9 million in kind, on suspicion of buying votes.
PF identified that he was suspected of being a member of a criminal organization active in Baixada Fluminense for several years. The group, made up of politicians and businessmen, operates in the cities of Duque de Caxias/RJ and São João de Meriti/RJ.
The rush reveals that the organization mobilized millions of dollars to illicitly finance campaigns of candidates for political office. There are indications that companies contracted by public power were used to favor political agents in their campaigns, as a means of maintaining the hegemony of the group in certain municipalities.
The crimes investigated include criminal organization, electoral ideological falsification and money laundering.
Social Communication of the Federal Police in Rio de Janeiro
Contact: (21) 2203-4404 / 4407
E-mail: scs.srrj@pf.gov.br
