Minister André Mendonça of the Supreme Federal Court authorized on Monday (18) the transfer of Daniel Vorcaro to a common cell at the Federal Police Superintendency in Brasília, responding to a request from the corporation. The banker who owns Banco Master had been since March in a special room — the same one previously used by former president Jair Bolsonaro — where he could receive lawyers between 9 AM and 5 PM to work on his plea bargain proposal. ✓
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"O ministro do Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) André Mendonça determinou nesta segunda-feira (18) a transferência de Daniel Vorcaro para uma cela comum na Superintendência da Polícia Federal, em Brasília (DF). A decisão atende a um pedido da corporação."
"Antes, ele estava alocado em uma sala de Estado-Maior que havia sido reformada para abrigar o ex-presidente Jair Bolsonaro no cumprimento de sua prisão."
With the change, Vorcaro became subject to the PF's internal rules for lawyer visits: only two daily periods of 30 minutes each. According to PF investigators heard by the press, the transfer follows the corporation's internal norms for prisoner custody and occurs after the defense has already delivered its collaboration proposal. ✓
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"Com isso, ele passa a ser submetido às regras do normativo interno da PF para a visita de advogados. Essas regras permitem duas visitas por dia por um período de meia hora."
"segundo investigadores da PF, segue normas internas da corporação para custódia de presos."
The Federal Police had requested that the minister transfer Vorcaro back to a prison, arguing that his conditions at the Superintendency affected the administration's routine. Mendonça has not yet decided on this address change, but authorized the internal transfer to a common cell. ✓
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"A PF já havia solicitado ao ministro do Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) André Mendonça que Vorcaro fosse transferido de volta para um presídio, sob o argumento de que as condições dele na prisão na Superintendência alteravam e afetavam a rotina da administração."
"O ministro ainda não proferiu uma decisão sobre essa mudança de endereço, mas autorizou a mudança de celas dentro da PF."
The change occurs amid analysis of the plea bargain proposal delivered by Vorcaro to the PF and the Attorney General's Office in May. Investigators assess that the first proposal was insufficient, not including information about alleged payments to Senator Ciro Nogueira and charges from Senator Flávio Bolsonaro to finance a biographical film about Jair Bolsonaro, as reported by the press. Vorcaro has been in preventive detention since March in Petition 15,556, which is processed at the STF under Mendonça's reporting. ✓
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"O colegiado referendou decisão do relator do processo, ministro André Mendonça, tomada na Petição (PET) 15556."
"A primeira versão, entregue por sua defesa em 5 de maio, foi considerada insuficiente."
"Vorcaro não mencionou, por exemplo, a suposta mesada paga ao senador Ciro Nogueira (PP-PI), em valores que chegariam a R$ 500 mil"
Vorcaro was previously in the same special room used by Jair Bolsonaro at the PF
The PF requested the transfer alleging that Vorcaro's presence affected administrative routine
Covered by only some sources, or where the accounts diverge.
Covered by only some sources (2)
Vorcaro's plea bargain proposal did not include information about payments to Ciro Nogueira
People close to Vorcaro report that the new cell has more precarious structure
Conflicting versions (1)
Authorship of the decision to transfer to common cell
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What is the deadline for the PGR and PF to conclude the analysis of Vorcaro's plea bargain proposal?
Why it's still unknown: Agência Brasil reported that there is no defined deadline for completing the analysis
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What are the specific criteria that the PGR uses to evaluate plea bargain proposals?
Why it's still unknown: Sources do not detail the technical evaluation parameters beyond mentioning 'insufficiency' of the proposal
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When will Minister André Mendonça decide on the request for Vorcaro's definitive transfer to a prison?
Why it's still unknown: Press only reports that the minister has not yet issued a decision on the address change