PF Arrests Former STJ Employee Suspected of Providing Data to Willer Tomaz
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TL;DR
- Federal Police arrested ex-STJ employee Humberto Fontoura Pradera.
- Pradera is suspected of providing confidential information to attorney Willer Tomaz.
- Tomaz is being investigated for alleged money laundering involving online betting companies.
- The arrest is part of the second phase of Operation Linceu.
- A preventive detention order was issued by the Supreme Federal Court (STF).
- The investigation includes potential violations of professional secrecy, electronic peculation, corruption, and money laundering.
- The STJ had exonerated Pradera, who previously held the position of Secretary of Information Technology and Communication, days before the first phase of the operation.