Businessman Oséias Gomes de Moraes, CEO of Odonto Excellence, became a defendant in court for ordering the death of José Claiton Leal Machado, former director of the company who was murdered in 2022 in Ponta Grossa, in Campos Gerais do Paraná. He responds to the process in freedom.
The complaint was formalized by the Public Ministry of Paraná (MP-PR) in June 2026, and accepted by the Court of Justice of the State of Paraná (TJ-PR) this Tuesday (10). g1 had access to the process and found that acceptance took time because several judges refused to take on the case because they declared they had some relationship with those involved.
In the complaint, the Public Ministry of Paraná (MP-PR) agreed with the Civil Police's indictment and argued that the businessman had the employee killed for fear of losing control of Odonto Excellence, believing that the director was trying to take control of the franchise network, which has more than a thousand dental clinics in Brazil and other countries.
In the criminal complaint, the MP-PR asks that the businessman be tried by the Jury Court for qualified homicide for a base motive and through an appeal that made the victim's defense difficult, consisting of an ambush. For the crime, the Penal Code provides for a sentence of 12 to 30 years in prison.
The prosecution also requests that the CEO pay compensation of at least R$1 million to the victim's family as compensation for the property, psychological and moral damages resulting from the crime.
g1 contacted lawyer Claudio Dalledone, who works in Oséias Gomes' defense, and is awaiting a response. At the time of the complaint, the lawyer said that the businessman "categorically denies any participation, command, financing or involvement in the crime that victimized José Claiton Leal Machado" and claimed that "this is a persecution against the businessman".
g1 also contacted lawyer Tainan Félix Laskos, who represents the victim's family and is an assistant prosecutor in the case, and is also awaiting a response. At the time of the complaint, he said he considered it represented "an important milestone in the search for accountability for the defendant."
"Throughout this period, José Claiton's family and friends lived with the irreparable pain of his loss, at the same time as they waited for institutions to fulfill their constitutional role. The formalization of the accusation reinforces the confidence that no one is above the law and that justice must reach everyone who participated in or contributed to the murder."
What the complaint says: In the complaint made to the Court, the Public Prosecutor's Office states that the crime was committed for a base reason, consisting of revenge resulting from "serious corporate and business conflicts". The prosecution claims that Oséias refused to fulfill a supposed old promise to make José Claiton a partner at Odonto Excellence and, in retaliation, the director opened his own and competing clinic, which intensified the animosity between them. The MP also mentions that the conflict worsened even further due to the suspicion that José Claiton was taking advantage of the divorce process between Oséias and his then wife, who was a co-owner of the company, to take control of her shares in the company. The complaint also states that, to carry out the crime, Hoseas had the support of a pastor, who was responsible for hiring other criminals and coordinating the murder.
The crime: The victim was known at the company as Claus and, according to the police, he was the target of an ambush while arriving home in the late afternoon of April 19, 2022. He was driving his car into the garage, with his daughter inside the vehicle, when he was attacked by two men. The company director even fought with the criminals and pulled out his own gun to try to react, but was overpowered and shot dead.
"The crime was committed through a coordinated and planned action, carried out through an ambush in front of the victim's residence. The mastermind allegedly used a network of intermediaries and financial operators to facilitate the execution, carried out by third parties previously indicted", points out delegate Luis Gustavo Timossi. The investigations were completed in 2026, and the delegate explains that the investigation took four years to complete due to the investigative work being complex, involving breach of banking secrecy, analysis of telematic data, interviews with several witnesses, among other steps. According to him, at the beginning of the investigation, the businessman's name was mentioned by those involved, but there was still a lack of concrete evidence, obtained only more recently. To the police, José Claiton's family members stated that, before he was killed, he expressed fear for his physical integrity and said he was afraid that Hoseas would order him to be killed.
