Brasília One year after the operation in which he was arrested for the first time and saw his bank liquidated, Daniel Vorcaro, from Master, divides his day between meetings with lawyers, tending to the vegetable garden in the unit where he is detained and a weight training routine.
Vorcaro is imprisoned in the space previously occupied by former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL) in Papudinha, as the 19th Military Police Battalion of the Federal District became known, next to the Papuda Penitentiary Complex.
People with access to the location say that the former banker shows that he is adapting to the new reality — which includes cleaning his cell and bathroom, as well as washing his own uniform, under supervision from the PM.
Despite this, some traces of the luxurious life he led outside prison still persist. Shortly after arriving at the unit, he asked family members to take a comforter. The coverage, visibly expensive, ended up being blocked by the administration to avoid speculation of favoritism.
Vanity, another trait of Vorcaro's personality, also stands out. Thanks to the privileged conditions in which he is imprisoned, the former banker maintains the habit of working out and uses the gym available to inmates for around an hour a day in the early morning.
Vorcaro tries to reduce his prison time through the study program, reading and internal work. The former banker is one of those responsible for the battalion's vegetable gardens and gardens, an activity that allows him to spend more time exposed to the sun.
The former banker has read at least one book since arriving at Papudinha, according to the minutes of the penalty remission policy for reading to which Folha had access. In August, he read "Hamlet", a classic by playwright William Shakespeare that narrates the attempt by the prince of Denmark to avenge the death of his father, poisoned by his brother, the prince's uncle
The rest of his time is filled with marathon conversations with lawyers, with whom he spends around six hours a day. As the Panel showed, 23 defenders are authorized to meet with him at Papudinha.
Vorcaro is alone in a cell, but can interact with other inmates. In the accommodation next door, five colonels of the Military Police are serving sentences for the attack on January 8, 2023.
There is also interaction with the two cellmates of former BRB (Bank of Brasília) president Paulo Henrique Costa, despite the order that prevents any contact between the two. Paulo Henrique is arrested with the former Minister of Justice Anderson Torres and the former director general of the PRF (Federal Highway Police) Silvinei Vasques, both arrested for participating in the coup plot.
According to people with access to the unit, the former banker's list of visitors is limited to his mother, Aline Vorcaro, and her couple of teenage children, who visit him practically every week, and his sister, Natália Vorcaro Zettel. Vorcaro's father, Henrique Vorcaro, and brother-in-law, Fabiano Zettel, are also imprisoned — Henrique in Minas Gerais and Zettel in São Paulo.
Vorcaro has not requested a conjugal visit since his arrest, according to people with access to the case.
The former banker was detained for the first time on November 17, 2025, when, aware of the siege launched by the authorities against him and the Master, he tried to flee to Malta.
Vorcaro was released 11 days later, with an electronic ankle bracelet, but a second arrest order was given on March 4, for an indefinite period, given the evidence that pointed to the existence of a private militia under his command.
Now, the Federal Police is asking the STF (Supreme Federal Court) to investigate suspicions of trafficking in women for the purposes of sexual exploitation and pimping (promoting prostitution) at bank parties. Influencer Martha Graeff ended her engagement with him shortly after Master's sale.
At the end of last month, the PF concluded the first investigation into suspicions related to the scandal. Vorcaro, Paulo Henrique and 13 other people were indicted on suspicion of financial crimes in the sale of credit portfolios to BRB.
A lawyer for the former banker says he would like to speak publicly — given his failed attempts to sign a plea bargain agreement.
Two weeks ago, Senator Damares Alves (Republicanos-DF) presented a request to the Senate Oversight and Control Committee to oversee the Master-BRB case. One of the senator's priorities is to listen to Vorcaro. The request has not yet been analyzed.
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Nicknamed "Tremembé de Brasília", in allusion to the famous prison in the interior of São Paulo, the 19th Military Police Battalion is considered by the Criminal Executions Court as a staff room, a right granted as a rule to lawyers and authorities.
Although Vorcaro does not have the prerogative to occupy such a space, minister André Mendonça, who originally reported the case, stated that there are peculiarities that justify the decision, such as a concrete risk to physical integrity.
The minister also denied granting "privilege, undue distinction or favored treatment". There was no change on the part of the court president, Edson Fachin, now heading the process.
Before going to Papudinha, the former banker passed through the Brasília Federal Penitentiary, a maximum security unit administered by the federal government, and the Federal Police Superintendency in Brasília.
