The number of prisoners rose to 24 on Wednesday (9), in the second phase of Operation False promises. Seven police officers are among the detainees. The goal is to dismantle the suspected money laundering group and manipulating illegal raffles for a criminal organization.
Among the prisoners are rife, influencers and humorist. CNN confirmed the name of some involved. Check out who they are:
José Roberto Santos:
Known on social networks as “Nanan Awards”, he is one of the most famous rife in Bahia. Among the awards drawn by him are luxury, jet ski and money cars. Investigations point out that he and his wife, Gabriela Silva, lead the criminal group.
Gabriela Silva:
Alongside her husband, “Nanan Awards”, the couple discloses the raffles, but also a luxury life, entitled to international travel. Today, Gabriela published that she was being “persecuted” and once again was “agreed with police at the door”.
Franklin Reis:
The Bahian is known by the humor character ‘Neca’. He also released raffles and has over 1 million followers on his profile.
Ramhon Dias:
The influencer calls himself as an entrepreneur “award machine”. Ramhon accumulates over 400,000 Instagram followers, where he also releases luxurious trips and photos with famous. In July last year, he was the victim of an attack and shot after leaving the barber in São Marcos, Salvador neighborhood. In a publication, he said he was the victim of “revenge or jealousy.” (We Demos can pull link)
Josemário Lins:
In the profile, he considers himself “entrepreneur” of the “dream factory”. The influencer also released raffles and photos of international travel, as well as luxury cars.
In addition to the influencers, seven military police were arrested. Among them, Lázaro Andrade, known as Alexandre Tchaca, who has 169,000 followers on social networks. He introduces a police podcast and was a candidate for councilor in 2024, but was not elected. He has even published that they were trying to “arm against him,” but would not let “no one end his conduct,” that he would have names of other colleagues to report.
Balance
According to the Bahia Civil Police, during the steps, five firearms and 27 vehicles were seized, 15 located in Salvador and 12 in the interior of the state. Among the cars are high standard models such as a Hilux, a Jeep Renegade, a Mercedes C200, a Mercedes AMG and a Range Rover. Also collected were luxury clocks, $ 14,000 in kind, cell phones, ammunition and notebooks.
The court authorized the block of up to R $ 10 million per CPF or CNPJ investigated, totaling R $ 680 million in property and values related to the scheme.
This content was originally published in Veja who are the influencers arrested for illegal raffles in Bahia on the CNN Brazil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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