Refit Operation Poço de Lobato by the Federal Police and Federal Revenue Service
Refit Operation Poço de Lobato by the Federal Police and Federal Revenue Service Mega-operation against tax fraud - Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Thursday (26) that organized crime is sending funds to companies opened in the United States for the purpose of money laundering. And he asked that the matter be discussed with the US government. He made the statements at the Ministry of Finance's entrance in reference to the Federal Police operation this morning against the Refit Group. “We want to discuss organized crime with the United States. They are opening companies in Delaware (USA). They make loans to these funds, which the tax authorities suspect will never be repaid, and the money returns in the form of investments in Brazil, as if it were a direct foreign investment,” Haddad told reporters. The minister described this type of operation as a “very serious international triangulation.” "The last operation was for R$ 1.2 billion. Done simulating a foreign invest...