
President of the Mato Grosso Court of Auditors, Sérgio Ricardo de Almeida, was arrested in an operation
The president of TCE-MT, Sérgio Ricardo de Almeida, and five other people were arrested by the Federal Police on suspicion of embezzlement of public resources through a scheme to prioritize payments to advertising agencies.
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The Federal Police are investigating an alleged corruption scheme involving the embezzlement of public resources at the Mato Grosso Court of Auditors.
The suspension of payments to suppliers with regular contracts to prioritize transfers to advertising companies is at the center of the alleged million-dollar corruption scheme investigated by the Federal Police at the Mato Grosso Court of Auditors (TCE-MT).
According to investigators, the practice would have facilitated the diversion of public resources and is among the suspicions that led to the arrest of the president of the Court, Sérgio Ricardo de Almeida, and five other people this Thursday (29).

A 29-year-old man was arrested in Itaquaquecetuba on suspicion of stealing a van with radioactive material for cancer treatment. The crime occurred on October 1st in Guarulhos. A woman was also arrested for stealing and tampering with a vehicle.

An 18-year-old girl was shot dead on Wednesday night (28) in the Alto dos Maias neighborhood, in Piquet Carneiro, Ceará. Two men on a motorcycle carried out the shooting. The case is under investigation by local police.

Sérgio Ricardo de Almeida, president of the Mato Grosso Court of Auditors, was arrested this Thursday during a Federal Police operation. The advisor had previously been removed due to accusations of passive corruption.

Chief Braz Morrone and agent Eduardo Jorge Ferreira were dismissed from their positions at the Civil Police of Paraíba. Both have been in prison since June 2026, accused of involvement in a scheme to divert seized drugs.

A 2-year-old child died after an accident on BR-230, in Paraíba, bringing to seven the number of deaths in the collision between a patient van and a pickup truck that occurred last Tuesday (27).

The Federal Police carries out Operation Accountability to investigate irregularities in contracts and payments at TCE-MT, mobilizing more than 180 police officers with warrants in Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul and São Paulo.