The Federal District government asked Minister André Mendonça, of the Supreme Federal Court, to take out of circulation and return to BRB the amount of R$ 12.2 billion transferred to Banco Master in operations to purchase credit portfolios considered fraudulent.
The request was made on August 25 and became public with the lifting of secrecy on part of the investigations of the Master case, following an order by the president of the Court, Edson Fachin, to Mendonça, the rapporteur of the inquiries.
In the request, the DF government requires the tracking of all financial movements originating from BRB with Banco Master as the recipient, "proceeding with the freezing, confiscation, removal, and prohibition of circulation in the market of this specific amount, with the consequent judicial deposit." The Federal District government also requests the immediate return to BRB, cited as the victim.
In the petition, the DF government argues that the circulating funds are "products of crimes committed against BRB" and that Banco Master would have no right to retain such funds.
