Understand the next steps after the PF’s rejection of Daniel Vorcaro’s plea
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When communicating the rejection of the plea bargain this Thursday (11), the Federal Police (PF) asked the office of the minister of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) André Mendonça, rapporteur of the Master case, to remove banker Daniel Vorcaro from the PF Superintendency — where he is currently imprisoned.
When communicating the rejection of the plea bargain this Thursday (11), the Federal Police (PF) asked the office of the minister of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) André Mendonça, rapporteur of the Master case, to remove banker Daniel Vorcaro from the PF Superintendency — where he is currently imprisoned.
Given this, Vorcaro can return to the Federal Penitentiary of Brasília, where he was detained before being transferred to the Superintendency, or even to the so-called "Papudinha".
The decision will be up to Mendonça, after a statement from the Attorney General's Office (PGR) on whether or not to accept the banker's second plea bargain proposal and, also, on whether or not he will be transferred from the PF.
Vorcaro was transferred from the Federal Penitentiary after signing a confidentiality agreement, which is the first step towards discussing a plea bargain agreement — which occurred on March 19.
Investigators see defensive testimony and political calculation by Vorcaro
The Brasília Federal Penitentiary is next to the Papuda Penitentiary Complex and the building known as "Papudinha", where former president Jair Bolsonaro was imprisoned and where those convicted of the attempted coup d'état are being held.
The decision on where Vorcaro will be held will also take security issues into account. The PF understands that, as the plea bargain proposal did not advance, remaining in the Superintendency is no longer justified.
Minister André Mendonça authorizes Daniel Vorcaro's return to a special Federal Police cell
National Newspaper/ Reproduction
Change of cell at the Superintendence
Last month, also following a request from the PF, Vorcaro was transferred to a common cell at the Federal Police Superintendency in Brasilia, where he is subject to the PF's internal rules to, for example, receive visits from lawyers.
Before, he was in a "general staff room" style room, the same space used to arrest former president Jair Bolsonaro, between November 2025 and January this year.
Rejection of the plea bargain
According to information from Camila Bomfim's blog on Thursday night (11), the Federal Police rejected the second proposal for a plea bargain from Daniel Vorcaro, owner of Banco Master.
Vorcaro is in prison accused of leading a billion-dollar financial fraud scheme that could reach R$12 billion, according to the PF.
Last month, the PF rejected a first version of the plea. The agreement continues to be negotiated with the PF and the PGR jointly.
Investigators had been complaining that the material presented by the defense added little to what had already been raised by the PF and that the impression was that Vorcaro was acting to protect people close to him.
The PF seized more than eight cell phones from Daniel Vorcaro and only the initial examination of some of these phones has already revealed that the banker's scheme goes beyond a financial fraud scheme, involving corruption, criminal organization and the use of a private militia to attack opponents and access confidential data.
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