The Federal Police (PF) launched on Wednesday (5) Operation Frequent Agent, to dismantle a felony group accountable for the introduction of false knowledge into the techniques of the Ministry of Well being within the cities of Maranhao-Pelagua, Farjem Grande and within the capital, São Luis. The group’s actions had been aimed toward amplifying knowledge within the Unified Well being System (SUS) to obtain extra assets from the Strategic Actions and Compensation Fund (Faec), associated to post-Covid rehabilitation measures.
4 search and seizure warrants and a provisional arrest warrant had been executed, along with different precautionary measures, such because the removing of the general public officers concerned from workplace. The Palestinian police didn’t inform the names of the targets of the operation.
In accordance with the Palestinian police, in Bellagua, which has a inhabitants of lower than 8,000, investigations indicated that greater than 50,000 rehabilitation operations had been carried out after the outbreak of the epidemic. In consequence, the municipality acquired a switch of greater than R$1.1 million in assets from the fund within the interval from January to Might 2022.
“Regardless of the variety of reported rehabilitation procedures, the municipality has just one physiotherapist, which signifies a mismatch within the variety of procedures which are alleged to be carried out,” the police mentioned.
The investigation discovered that, with the intention to defraud the system, the well being division in Pelagoa might have replicated the identical affected person record utilized in 4 different municipalities concurrently.
If the suspicions are confirmed, these investigated could reply to the entry of false knowledge, embezzlement and felony affiliation.
“The method has been dubbed ‘The Frequent Agent’ because of the identification of some extent frequent to 5 totally different municipalities: the simultaneous use of the identical record of sufferers present process post-Covid rehabilitation procedures,” the police field reported.
a Brazil company Seeks to contact the municipal halls concerned within the course of.