Edson Fachin Orders Scrutiny of Court-Ordered Payments After Gilmar Mendes' Warning
Edson Fachin heeds Gilmar Mendes and proposes rigorous scrutiny of judicial court-ordered payments following suspicions of irregularities linked to Banco Master.
TL;DR
- CNJ President Edson Fachin announced a nationwide review of the issuance of precatórios.
- The review addresses concerns about potential irregularities and improper early payments of judicial debts.
- Suspicious activities involve credits registered at inflated values and payments released before final court decisions.
- These practices may have facilitated illicit profits from public funds, particularly concerning Banco Master.
- Justice Benedito Gonçalves, head of the National Corregedoria, will oversee the inspection, despite past controversies regarding his proximity to investigated parties.
- A specific case involves R$ 8.5 billion in precatórios from sugar and alcohol plants, with suspicions of a large fee contract involving the wife of a TRF-1 judge.
- The CNJ will launch the 'Citizen's Precatório Calculator' in October to ensure transparency in debt values.
- The National Monetary Council prohibited investment funds from purchasing judicial credits still under dispute, effective October 13.