Refit: the billion-dollar fraud that was born in Rio and spread across the country - The Issue #1722

Operation Sem Refino, launched by the Federal Police last Friday (15), revealed that the active debt of the Refit group with the Union and States exceeds R$50 billion - Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo are the biggest victims. The refinery is accused of operating a complex tax evasion scheme on fuel sales. According to the PF, the scheme led by businessman Ricardo Magro gained traction under the management of former Rio de Janeiro governor Cláudio Castro (PL), who took over the Guanabara Palace in 2020. According to investigations, the operation spread throughout the state machine, with tentacles in the Attorney General's Office, the Treasury, the Judiciary and Alerj. Magro's political connections guarantee business for Refit in other states as well. This is the case of Amapá, where the PF is also investigating a scandal involving tax benefits, suspected bribes and Centrão names.
In this episode, Natuza Nery talks to journalist Maria Cristina Fernandes to explain how the Refit scheme was born, prospered and multiplied in recent decades. Maria Cristina connects all the points of the investigation and analyzes how the case impacts the political world.
Guest: Maria Cristina Fernandes, commentator for GloboNews and CBN radio and columnist for the newspaper Valor Econômico
What you need to know:
REFIT: see the history of investigations into the business group, identified as the largest tax debtor in Brazil;
Operação Sem Refino: understand the investigations against Cláudio Castro and Ricardo Magro, owner of Refit;
Who is Ricardo Magro, businessman at the head of Refit and target of Federal Police operations;
OCTAVIO GUEDES: PF targets 02 Ciro Nogueira in operation against alleged scheme linked to Refit; see the names;
'Full co-optation of the state': Castro acted to 'shield' Refit and favor Magro's schemes, says PF.
The podcast O Assunto is produced by: Luiz Felipe Silva, Sarah Resende, Carlos Catelan, Luiz Gabriel Franco, Juliene Moretti, Stéphanie Nascimento and Guilherme Gama. Presentation: Natuza Nery.
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O Susunto is the daily podcast produced by g1, available on all audio platforms and YouTube. Since its debut in August 2019, the O Assunto podcast has had more than 168 million downloads across all audio platforms. On YouTube, g1's daily podcast has more than 14.2 million views.
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