CNJ orders cancellation of almost R$ 5 billion in court-ordered payments linked to Master
Journalist graduated from the Catholic University of Brasília, covers the National Congress and the Planalto Palace for Revista Oeste. Previously, she was part of the editorial teams of Poder360, Correio Braziliense, Alô Brasília, and Aqui DF. She also worked as an editor at TV Brasília.
TL;DR
- Minister Benedito Gonçalves ordered the cancellation of 16 court-ordered payments worth over R$ 4.7 billion.
- The payments are linked to three companies whose credits were negotiated in operations involving Banco Master.
- The CNJ Corregidor overturned decisions from the TRF-1 presidency that blocked the cancellation.
- Funds must be returned to the National Treasury within five days.
- The cancellation is based on the issuance of these court-ordered payments before the final ruling in the execution phase.
- The CNJ previously established that "blocked court-ordered payments" cannot be issued before the execution phase is concluded.
- The AGU requested the cancellation, and the decision aligns with previous CNJ rulings.
- The funds have been held in judicial accounts since December 2023, outside the National Treasury's accounts.
- The Master bank's involvement was noted, with company names appearing in documents related to "precatórios a receber" (court-ordered payments to receive).
- The decision was made as a precautionary measure and will be submitted to the CNJ plenary for ratification.