Understand the connection between Brazilians sanctioned by the USA, PCC and Corinthians

The United States Treasury Department carried out, this Wednesday (1st), a sanction against Victor Henrique de Oliveira Shimada for alleged links to the PCC (Primeiro Comando da Capital). The Brazilian had already been investigated for being a financial operator in a money laundering scheme involving Corinthians and VaideBet.

Stella Stefanie Nunes Henrique de Oliveira, also sanctioned this morning, is cited by the US as a close associate and relative of Victor, having worked as his secretary and intermediary to collect large sums of money.

According to the US department, it provided essential logistical services that supported Shimada and his network in their money laundering operations.

Shimada is a partner at Victory Trading Business Intermediation, Collections and Technology, included on the US OFAC (Office of Foreign Assets Control) sanctions list this morning. The company is suspected of participating in a money laundering structure for the PCC and was even mentioned in a plea bargain by Vinicius Gritzbach.

To the Public Prosecutor's Office, Gritzbach cites the player agency UJ Football Talent, which, according to him, would participate in money laundering for the faction. The investigation revealed that Victory transferred R$200,000 to the agency's bank account in March 2024.

This amount would originate from million-dollar transfers that Victory had received from the company Wave, which, supposedly, had also been opened by Victor. Wave made three more transfers to UJ Football Talent Intermediação, totaling around R$870 thousand diverted.

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For the Civil Police of São Paulo, UJ Football Talent received these amounts as "retribution for outstanding financial commitments made by Augusto Pereira de Melo, then president of Corinthians.

Victor was charged by the Public Prosecutor's Office for criminal association and qualified theft. The indictment points out that the businessman, together with the other defendants, "acted in conjunction with agents, dissimulating, repeatedly and through successive financial transfers between shell companies, the origin and ownership of values resulting from the crimes of criminal association and qualified theft".

Connection with Buzeira
According to the Civil Police, bank statements extracted from Victory showed million-dollar operations carried out with digital influencer Bruno Alexssander Souza Silva, known as Buzeira, arrested since October 14, 2025 for money laundering involving betting houses (bets) and international drug trafficking.

Reports show that transactions between Victory and Buzeira Digital, the influencer's company, occurred shortly after sending resources to UJ Footballl. The values are estimated to be between R$490 thousand and R$510 thousand on April 1, 2024, totaling more than R$1 million.

See: MPF denounces "Buzeira" for money laundering and criminal organization

Operation in the USA
According to the American department, Shimada is a fundamental link between the PCC in Florida and foreign drug traffickers. He allegedly laundered more than US$30 million in illicit resources generated in cities in and around the United States, using cryptocurrencies to transfer funds back to Brazil on behalf of the faction.

American authorities accuse Stella Stefanie of acting as Shimada's "secretary", operating in the collection of large amounts of money.

As released by the United States, Victor was arrested in January 2025, in Brazil, because Victory was used to launder money diverted from Corinthians in an advertising fraud scheme.

As a result of the sanction, all assets and interests in assets of Shimada that are in the United States, or in the possession or control of U.S. persons, are blocked and must be reported to OFAC.

The statement points out that any entities that are owned, directly or indirectly, individually or jointly, by 50% or more by one or more blocked persons are also blocked.

CNN Brasil tries to contact the defense of those sanctioned, with the companies mentioned and with Corinthians. The space remains open.

Source: CNN