The São Paulo Special Action Group for the Repression of Organized Crime (Gaeco) offered, this Friday (6), the third criminal complaint against those accused of involvement in embezzlement of resources at Apae in Bauru (SP).
With the new measure, the total number of people reported throughout the case reaches 17. The judicial hearing in the case, which was scheduled for Thursday (5), was rescheduled for February 2027.
The criminal scheme began to be investigated after the disappearance and death of the entity's former executive secretary, Cláudia Lobo. Civil Police investigations into the homicide revealed strong evidence of accounting fraud at the charity, resulting in the arrest of Roberto Franceschetti Filho, former president of the association.
Combined with the three accusatory stages, the complaints point to more than a hundred crimes of embezzlement, money laundering, document falsification and criminal organization. Among the 17 accused are two former presidents of Apae, two financial coordinators and a lawyer for the entity.
The estimated hole in the entity's coffers is around R$7 million. In addition to the prison sentences, the Public Prosecutor's Office requests the establishment of R$10 million in compensation to repair damages. Deviations are also investigated in a public civil action for administrative improbity.
According to a document obtained by TV TEM, the third stage targets companies and businesspeople suspected of issuing simulated invoices or those with a higher price to legalize the entity's financial outflows.
The prosecution identified two fronts of fraud: in some episodes, non-existent products or services were billed and, after settlement by Apae, the amount was shared between businesspeople and those investigated; In other cases, the supply occurred, but the notes were issued at values above market practice, with the difference passed on to the association's leadership.
According to the complaint, the mechanisms worked in a continuous and coordinated manner to give legitimacy to illicit transfers.
In May, after carrying out tax, documentary, banking and telematics inspections, Gaeco had formalized the second complaint against nine people for criminal organization, embezzlement, asset laundering, ideological falsehood and illegal practice of medicine.
In this intermediate phase, Roberto was denounced for 127 acts of embezzlement, three crimes of ideological falsehood, two of money laundering and illegal practice of medicine.
The complaint detailed the systematic use of third-party bank accounts, in addition to simulated negotiations with vehicles and properties to move, hide and give a legal appearance to amounts diverted from Apae.
In total, 13 defendants respond to the process referring to the first complaint filed by Gaeco:
Leticia da Rocha Prado Lobo, daughter of Claudia Lobo;
Ellen Souza;
Renato Golino;
Gisele Aparecida Tavares;
Diamantino Passos;
Isabel Cristina;
Persio of Jesus;
Maria Lúcia Miranda;
Felipe Figueiredo;
Fernando Sheridan Rocha Roreira;
Gabriel Gomes da Rocha Rodrigues;
Renato Tadeu de Campos;
Roberto Franceschetti.
On August 18th, the first hearing of the process investigating the multimillion-dollar embezzlement of the entity's resources was held. The former president of Apae de Bauru, Roberto Franceschetti Filho, was at the Bauru Forum (SP), however, he was not heard at this stage of the process.
After the hearing, Roberto Franceschetti was escorted out and taken to the Provisional Detention Center (CDP) in Bauru, from where he must return to the prison in Guarulhos (SP), where he is being held for the death of the former executive secretary of Apae, Cláudia Lobo.
At the evidentiary hearing, 20 defense witnesses and one prosecution witness testified. Police chief Gláucio Stocco, who participated in the investigations, was the prosecution witness heard in this first stage.
The next hearing was scheduled for November 5th, but was postponed until February 2027. At that time, five other defense witnesses must be heard and interrogations of the defendants will be carried out.
The case of embezzlement came to light during investigations into the disappearance of Cláudia Lobo, executive secretary of Apae.
Roberto Franceschetti Filho has already been sentenced to 22 years and six months in prison for Cláudia's murder. He was held responsible for triple homicide, concealment of a corpse and procedural fraud.
