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Brazil accounting council upholds former Americanas accountant’s license revocation
Brazil’s Federal Accounting Council upheld the revocation of accountant Flávia Pereira Carneiro’s license after she appealed an earlier disciplinary decision.
Carneiro signed Americanas’ financial statements for 2020 and 2021, which were prepared without valid and reliable supporting documents, according to the council.
The decision also confirms a two-year suspension and public reprimand, and means she cannot work as an accountant.
The statements are central to the scandal at Americanas, where a shortfall of 20 billion reais came to light in early 2023.
Carneiro joined the company in 2007 and rose to lead its controllership, the area that checks its financial figures.
She is cooperating with a federal investigation after making a plea-bargain agreement, and her testimony partly supports a Federal Police operation launched in June 2024.
She may still file a further appeal before the decision is published as final.
Brazil’s Federal Accounting Council upheld the revocation of former Americanas accountant Flávia Pereira Carneiro’s professional license.
Carneiro signed the company’s 2020 and 2021 financial statements, which were prepared without valid and reliable supporting documents, according to the council.
The council also confirmed a two-year suspension and public censure; the decision can be appealed.
Carneiro is cooperating with a federal investigation into the accounting scandal.
The company’s R$20 billion shortfall came to light in early 2023.
- Who
- Flávia Pereira Carneiro, a former Americanas accountant.
- What
- Brazil’s Federal Accounting Council upheld the revocation of her professional license and confirmed a two-year suspension and public censure.
- When
- The decision was reported on October 16, 2026.
- Where
- Brazil; the decision was made by the Federal Accounting Council’s Superior Court of Ethics and Discipline.
- Why
- She signed Americanas’s 2020 and 2021 financial statements, which the article says were prepared without valid and reliable supporting documents.
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Flávia Pereira Carneiro joined Americanas.
The R$20 billion shortfall at Americanas came to light.
Brazil’s Federal Police began Operation Disclosure.
Folha reported that the Federal Accounting Council had upheld the revocation of Carneiro’s license.
- Accountant
- Flávia Pereira Carneiro
- Financial statements
- Americanas’s 2020 and 2021 statements
- Sanctions
- License revocation, two-year suspension and public censure
- Company shortfall
- R$20 billion
- Federal Police operation
- Operation Disclosure, begun in June 2024
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