Sérgio Moro: The country witnessed, roughly 120 days ago, the frightening revelations about this large and new criminal scandal of the Lula government.
Sérgio Moro: It is true that there are records that fraudulent deductions had already occurred previously, but there was an exponential growth of this fraud.
Furthermore, well-founded suspicions arose that bribes had been paid to senior INSS officials appointed during the Lula administration: the former President of the INSS, the former Attorney General of the INSS and likewise the former General Coordinator of Benefits.
Sérgio Moro: We saw these events explode into the news about 120 days ago.
Sérgio Moro: There is also information of an estimated potential of the fraud on the order of R$5 billion, with money being directed to unions and associations that provide political support to the Lula government.