Medical student Alicia Dudy Muller Veiga, 25, was convicted this Tuesday (2) by the 7th Criminal Court of São Paulo for embezzling around R$ 927 thousand raised by dozens of college colleagues for the graduation from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of São Paulo (FMUSP) .
The penalty for crime of fraud practiced continuously eight times, was fixed at five years of imprisonment in a semi-open regime, according to the Court of Justice of São Paulo (TJSP). The sentence also determined the payment of compensation to victims in the same amount as the damage caused. The complaint was filed by the Public Prosecutor’s Office of São Paulo (MPSP) in November 2023.
A CNN contacted Alicia’s defense, who said they will appeal the decision.
As president of the graduation committee, Alicia demanded that the company organizing the party transfer the students’ payments to a bank account in her name, hiding the fact from her colleagues.
The Civil Police investigation showed that the medical student used the money for his own benefit – when purchasing a cell phone and watch, renting a vehicle, paying for accommodation and financial investments.
In July 2022, Alicia tried to make a set of Lotofácil games at a lottery shop in the south of São Paulo. According to the Civil Police, Alicia won, in total, R$ 326 thousand in Lotofácil prizes after making dozens of high-value plays.
“He betrayed the trust of his peers, diverting resources that belonged to his classmates (which is more disgraceful than committing fraud against a victim whom one does not know), when the victims were not acting out of greed,” said judge Paulo Eduardo Balbone Costa, responsible for the sentence.
The graduation party for the medical school class that was the victim of the scam took place in January of this year, paid for by the company that managed the money.
Source: CNN Brasil
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