Influencer and lawyer Deolane Bezerra was preventively arrested this Thursday (21) in Operation Vérnix, accused by the São Paulo Public Prosecutor's Office of participating in a money laundering scheme for the First Command of the Capital (PCC). According to a police investigation obtained by TV Globo, "Deolane Bezerra dos Santos is today one of the most important people involved in the vast and diversified money laundering scheme managed by the criminal organization." ◦
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""Deolane Bezerra dos Santos é hoje uma das mais importantes pessoas integrantes do vasto e diferenciado esquema de lavagem e capitais gerido pela organização criminosa", afirma o inquérito policial, obtido pela TV Globo."
The operation also targeted Marco Herbas Camacho (Marcola), PCC chief already imprisoned in Brasília, his brother Alejandro Camacho, and nephews of the family who would be in Spain and Bolivia. The Justice blocked R$327 million in assets, according to an official statement from the Public Security Secretariat, plus 17 luxury vehicles and four properties. Deolane underwent a custody hearing and had preventive detention maintained, being transferred to the Santana Women's Penitentiary.
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"A prisão de Deolane Bezerra na Operação Vérnix teve origem na troca de bilhetes e manuscritos apreendidos em 2019 em um presídio de Presidente Venceslau. Durante a análise do material, os investigadores encontraram menções a uma "mulher da transportadora", apontada nos bilhetes como responsável por levantar endereços de agentes públicos para viabilizar ataques planejados pela organização criminosa."
"Entre 2018 e 2021, Deolane recebeu em sua conta física R$ 1.067.505,00 em depósitos fracionados abaixo de R$ 10 mil, técnica conhecida como smurfing). Segundo a polícia, o intermediador era Everton de Souza, que indicava a conta de Deolane para "fechamentos" mensais."
According to prosecutor Paulo Sérgio de Oliveira e Costa, investigations revealed that Deolane "functions as a kind of cash box for organized crime" and maintains "relationships with other branches of organized crime." The influencer's defense requested house arrest claiming she has a 9-year-old daughter, but the request was not granted in the custody hearing. ✓
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"Foram expedidos seis mandados de prisões preventivas, além do bloqueio de valores superiores a R$ 327 milhões e apreensão de 17 veículos de luxo e quatro imóveis."
The investigation originated from notes seized in 2019 at Presidente Venceslau II Penitentiary
Deolane underwent custody hearing and had preventive detention maintained
Covered by only some sources, or where the accounts diverge.
Covered by only some sources (2)
Paloma and Leonardo Camacho are fugitives in Spain and Bolivia respectively
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Total amount blocked in the operation
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What is the specific content of the 2019 notes that led to the investigation?
Why it's still unknown: Reports mention that the notes cited a 'woman from the transport company' but do not reproduce the complete text of the seized manuscripts.
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What are the other branches of organized crime mentioned by the prosecutor?
Why it's still unknown: Attorney General Paulo Sérgio de Oliveira e Costa stated that Deolane maintains relationships with other branches of organized crime, but did not specify which ones.
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When will the decision on Deolane's house arrest request be made?
Why it's still unknown: The defense filed the request claiming she has a 9-year-old daughter, but reports do not inform the deadline for judicial decision.