Medical clinic owners arrested on suspicion of corruption and tax scheme in the interior of SP

Benedito Nascimento Junior and Ibrahim Rogério Jarochinski are partners at Laboratório Alfa Excelência Diagnóstica, located in the Center. The company, as determined by the reporting team, signed contracts in recent years with city halls in Vale do Ribeira.

g1 contacted the defense of the accused and Alfa Excelência Diagnóstica, but did not receive a response until the last update of this report.

The duo was preventively arrested last Friday (6), through a warrant issued by the Regional Court of Guarantees of Santos, on suspicion of being part of the criminal organization and trying to hinder investigations into the group.

One of the reasons was the suspicion that the two had coordinated actions to frustrate a Civil Police operation carried out at the laboratory in October, after having advance knowledge of a confidential court decision.

The action would have been coordinated by Benedito, and Ibrahim would have worked to remove documents from the company's headquarters and open a safe to make it difficult to seize materials.

Others involved would have purchased and distributed replacement cell phones, in addition to passing on confidential information and advising people not to be found by the police. Therefore, the judge considered that there was a risk that those being investigated would continue to interfere in the investigations.

Ibrahim was arrested at the laboratory's headquarters and told the police the password for one of the cell phones seized from him. Benedito was approached while driving in front of the police station, and refused to provide the passwords for the two seized phones.

In a note, the Registration City Hall confirmed that it was aware of the facts, but informed that it does not comment on judicial decisions or their basis, as, according to the municipal administration, there are no determinations directed to the city on the case.