The federal police operation's combating fraud in Emergency Aid
Search and seizure warrants were carried out in four states of Brazil
Feb 20, Sao Paulo: The Federal Police launched the Third Installment operation on Thursday (18) to combat fraud in Emergency Aid in four states. Approximately 200 agents participated in the action in Minas Gerais alone.
They served 66 search and seizure warrants in Belo Horizonte and 38 other municipalities. The police also worked in Bahia, Tocantins and Paraíba. People were targets that deviated from the values of the benefit created by the Federal Government to combat the socioeconomic effects of the new coronavirus.
“It is important to highlight that, even after the payment of the instalments of the Emergency Aid is finalized, the investigations continue and have generated results such as the Third Installment operation. This shows that we will not let go unpunished who took advantage of a moment of public calamity to divert resources aimed at the most vulnerable and that the strategy integrated by several institutions has been efficient in combating fraud to the benefit ”, said Marcos Paulo Cardoso, secretary of Evaluation and Information Management, Ministry of Citizenship.
The Ministry of Citizenship is responsible for receiving and dealing with complaints, passing on information to the action of the other agencies in combating crimes related to benefit payments, which exceeded the number of 68 million eligible citizens, which represents 32.2% of the population and about 40% of households, in an investment of about R $ 294 billion to pay the instalments.
In two Federal Police operations, carried out in November and December 2020, 52 search and seizure warrants, 11 arrest warrants and 13 property abduction warrants were carried out in at least 14 states.
Strategy
The operation is the result of the Integrated Action Strategy against Emergency Aid Fraud (EIAFAE), which includes the Federal Police, the Ministry of Citizenship, Caixa Econômica Federal, the Federal Public Ministry (MPF), the Federal Revenue Service, the Controllership -General of the Union (CGU) and the Federal Court of Accounts (TCU).
The first processing of information, with data crossing and application of filters, is done by the Ministry of Citizenship and Caixa. Communications of irregularities are sent to the bank, which checks whether payment has been fraudulent. These are the cases in which the Emergency Aid was given to a person other than the one who has the right to receive the benefit. This can occur due to card cloning and improper access to systems and accounts, among other hypotheses.
In cases where the financial institution confirms the irregularity, the data are sent to the Federal Police to be included in the National Emergency Aid Fraud Base (BNFAE). The tool is used to identify the activities of criminal groups.
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