Federal Police Report Links STF Minister Alexandre de Moraes to Bank Master Owner Daniel Vorcaro
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- Folha de S.Paulo
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- Gazeta do Povo
- El Espectador
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A Federal Police report has revealed a close relationship between Supreme Court Minister Alexandre de Moraes and Daniel Vorcaro, the former owner of Banco Master, involving frequent meetings and multimillion dollar contracts. The report, made public by Minister André Mendonça, includes 52 messages sent by Vorcaro to Moraes. In these messages, Vorcaro asked Moraes if he needed to leave Brazil two days before his arrest on November 17, 2025. Vorcaro also requested that Moraes intervene with the Director General of the Federal Police, Andrei Rodrigues, and the Prosecutor General, Paulo Gonet, to block or delay investigations into the bank. The Federal Police found that Vorcaro used a method of writing texts in a notepad app and sending them as view once images to avoid leaving traces. While Vorcaro's messages were recovered from his seized phone, Moraes' responses were not available because his device was not seized.
The investigation further indicates that Moraes personally edited a contract worth 131 million reais between Banco Master and the law firm of his wife, Viviane Barci de Moraes. Metadata shows the user name Ministro Alexandre de Moraes as the last person to modify the document before it was signed in January 2024. Another proposal of 50 million reais involved the transfer of shares in a private jet and a helicopter to the law firm. Additionally, the report describes luxury favors, including VIP credentials for Moraes' children and high end hospitality in Campos do Jordão, arranged by Vorcaro. The initial contact between the two was reportedly brokered by former Communications Minister Fábio Faria.
The revelations have sparked a legal and political crisis. Prosecutor General Paulo Gonet has requested the annulment of the report, arguing that Minister Mendonça exceeded his authority by using the police to investigate a fellow justice. Minister Mendonça has insisted that the matter be debated publicly in a full session of the Supreme Court. Meanwhile, opposition lawmakers have filed impeachment requests against Moraes, citing crimes of responsibility. The Banco Master scandal has also touched other political figures, including Senator Jaques Wagner and Flávio Bolsonaro, the latter of whom is under investigation for receiving funds from Vorcaro for a biographical film about his father.
How each side framed it
- Centre-left
- These outlets focused on the procedural details of the police report and the internal conflict within the Supreme Court.
- Centre
- These outlets presented the facts as a broad institutional crisis involving the judiciary and the banking sector.
- Centre-right
- These outlets emphasized the personal nature of the relationship, highlighting luxury favors and the potential for corruption.
Sources
- Centre CNN Brasil: Alcolumbre on STF being target of 109 impeachment requests: "it is not normal"
- Centre CNN Brasil: Understand why Moraes responses to Vorcaro do not appear in report
- Centre CNN Brasil: Investigation against Moraes depends on STF authorization; understand
- Centre-left El Espectador: Messages from an imprisoned banker put pressure on the judge who convicted Bolsonaro in Brasil
- Centre-right Estadao: Opposition presents impeachment requests against Moraes due to conversations with Vorcaro
- Centre-right Estadao: Mendonça considers taking PF report with evidence against Moraes to the STF plenary next week
- Centre-right Estadao: Gonet says report on Moraes was requested by Mendonça illegally and asks for archiving
- Centre Folha de S.Paulo: Read full PF document with messages from Vorcaro about Moraes, Gonet and PF chief
- Centre Folha de S.Paulo: Alcolumbre says quantity of STF impeachment requests is not normal and does not respond about Moraes
- Centre Folha de S.Paulo: 'Justice cannot seem hostage to interests, influences or obscure relations', says reader
- Centre Folha de S.Paulo: Mendonça overrides rite to benefit Flávio Bolsonaro and open the door of hell to the STF, say ministers
- Centre Folha de S.Paulo: Messages indicate action by Vorcaro to change reports in Brazil Journal
- Centre Folha de S.Paulo: Supreme Court in flames
- Centre Folha de S.Paulo: Lula campaign wants to use dialogue between Moraes and Vorcaro to request end of secrecy in 'Dark Horse' case
- Centre Folha de S.Paulo: 'Tense climate in the STF': Memes already say goodbye to Moraes after revelation of messages with Vorcaro
- Centre Folha de S.Paulo: Implication of Moraes and Gonet is unprecedented and makes accountability uncertain, specialists say
- Centre Folha de S.Paulo: Understand how the PF linked Vorcaro's WhatsApp messages to Moraes, even with view once
- Centre Folha de S.Paulo: Vorcaro messages mention Moraes, Gonet and head of PF; understand the case
- Centre Folha de S.Paulo: Bolsonaro ex-minister mediated contact between Vorcaro and Moraes: 'there is time to have a whisky', messages show
- Centre Folha de S.Paulo: Messages in PF possession expose links and indicate Moraes acting in favor of Vorcaro
- Centre Folha de S.Paulo: Gonet asks for annulment of PF report on Moraes and Vorcaro, and Mendonça wants discussion in plenary
- Centre Folha de S.Paulo: Mendonça called surprise meeting to request report on Moraes, and PF sees ministerial excess
- Centre-left G1: Millionaire contracts, luxury experiences and trip to London: what Vorcaro offered Moraes and his family, according to PF
- Centre-left G1: PGR criticizes Mendonça and asks for nullity of investigation in which Moraes is cited by the Federal Police
- Centre-left G1: Moraes analyzed and made changes to a R$ 130 million contract between his wife's office and Banco Master, PF points out
- Centre-left G1: Messages recovered by PF indicate close relationship between owner of Master and Paulo Gonet, Prosecutor General of the Republic
- Centre-left G1: Presidential candidates react to the relationship pointed out by the PF between Daniel Vorcaro and Alexandre de Moraes
- Centre-left G1: Two days before being arrested, Vorcaro asked Moraes if he had to leave Brazil, PF report reveals
- Centre-left G1: PF points to eight meetings of Daniel Vorcaro with Alexandre de Moraes
- Centre-left G1: Vorcaro's messages to Moraes and the future of the Master Case in the Supreme Court: O Assunto #1796
- Centre-left G1: 'This is not normal', says Alcolumbre about the 109 impeachment requests against STF minister
- Centre-left G1: Vorcaro and Moraes: see PRINTS of conversations revealed in PF report and understand context
- Centre-left G1: JN daily summary: Days before being arrested, Vorcaro asked Moraes if he should leave Brazil; Coaf report identifies transfer of US$ 1.6 million for film after demands from Flávio Bolsonaro
- Centre-right Gazeta do Povo: Mendonça will take investigation request against Moraes to plenary even if PGR is against
- Centre-right Gazeta do Povo: Trump's lawyer calls new revelations about Moraes and Vorcaro “unbelievable”
- Centre-right Gazeta do Povo: Federal Police points to evidence of meeting between Alexandre de Moraes and Daniel Vorcaro
- Centre-right Gazeta do Povo: Mendonça pressures PGR over Vorcaro's message to Moraes asking for protection
- Centre-right Gazeta do Povo: PF points out that Vorcaro negotiated jet shares in R$ 50 million contract with wife of Moraes
- Centre-right Gazeta do Povo: 19 messages that show affection of Vorcaro for Moraes and Gonet
- Centre-right Gazeta do Povo: Parliamentarians react to new evidence of Moraes' involvement with Vorcaro
- Centre-right Gazeta do Povo: Flávio and Caiado ask for Moraes' departure, Zema defends arrest and Cury proposes term at STF
- Centre-right Gazeta do Povo: Trump ally publishes montage of Moraes with Banco Master and says minister "is in serious trouble"
- Centre-right Gazeta do Povo: Vorcaro allegedly paid for trip of the attorney general's son to London
- Centre-right Gazeta do Povo: How the relationship of friendship and 'life gratitude' between Vorcaro and Moraes was
- Centre-right Gazeta do Povo: Daniel Vorcaro demanded speed in transfers to Viviane Barci's office
- Centre-right Gazeta do Povo: Vorcaro ordered priority payments to wife of Moraes' office
- Centre-right Gazeta do Povo: PGR asks for annulment of PF report against Moraes and accuses Mendonça of bypassing STF rite
- Centre-right Gazeta do Povo: Messages suggest meeting of Moraes with Vorcaro one day before arrest
- Centre-right Gazeta do Povo: Mendonça lifts secrecy of action on relationship between Vorcaro and Moraes
- Centre-right Gazeta do Povo: Opposition asks for arrest of Moraes and removal of PF director general
- Centre-right Gazeta do Povo: Federal Police reveals messages of gratitude and luxury between Vorcaro and Moraes
- Centre-right Gazeta do Povo: STF Backstage: André Mendonça gathers support for investigation against Moraes
- Centre-right Gazeta do Povo: OAB demands “rigorous” investigation into relationship between Vorcaro and Moraes
- Centre-right Gazeta do Povo: Vorcaro asked Moraes if he should "be away" two days before being arrested
- Centre-left UOL: Mendonça called surprise meeting to request report on Moraes, and PF sees excess of minister
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