Politics · Brazil · 1 hr ago
Moraes orders asset freeze and passport cancellation for Willer Tomaz
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered restrictions on lawyer Willer Tomaz on Friday.
The order covers a holding company linked to Tomaz, who is a friend of Senator Flávio Bolsonaro.
It requires the disclosure of financial, tax and currency records, cancels Tomaz's passports and suspends the business activities of his companies.
Authorities may freeze his assets up to R$6 billion under the order.
Tomaz is a target of a Federal Police investigation into suspected fraud involving Brazil's social security agency, the INSS.
Investigators are also examining payments from Tomaz to Senator Weverton Rocha, and both men deny the allegations.
A police request to investigate Flávio Bolsonaro has not yet become a formal inquiry, his campaign says.
The records are due within 24 hours once authorities formally notify the relevant parties.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered restrictions on assets and business activities linked to lawyer Willer Tomaz, with property and assets blocked up to 6 billion reais.
The order also requires the cancellation of Tomaz’s passports, including a diplomatic passport, and the suspension of economic, financial and business activities by all his companies.
Moraes ordered the banking, tax and foreign-exchange records of one of Tomaz’s holding companies to be disclosed within 24 hours of formal notification.
Tomaz is a target of the Federal Police’s Operation Sem Desconto, which investigates alleged fraud involving Brazil’s social security agency.
The investigations include payments by Tomaz to Senator Weverton Rocha; Tomaz and Rocha deny the allegations.
- Who
- Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered the measures against lawyer Willer Tomaz and his companies.
- What
- The order freezes assets up to 6 billion reais, suspends the companies’ activities, cancels Tomaz’s passports and requires financial records to be disclosed.
- When
- Friday, October 23, 2026.
- Where
- Brazil’s Supreme Court.
- Why
- Tomaz is a target of a Federal Police investigation into alleged fraud involving Brazil’s social security agency.
Federal Police investigation
Willer Tomaz and Weverton Rocha
Allegations
Federal Police investigation
The investigation concerns alleged fraud involving Brazil’s social security agency and payments from Tomaz to Rocha.
Willer Tomaz and Weverton Rocha
Tomaz and Rocha deny the allegations.
Alexandre de Moraes ordered the restrictions on Tomaz’s assets and companies and the disclosure of records.
The records are to be sent to the authorities.
- Maximum asset freeze
- R$ 6 billion
- Order date
- October 23, 2026
- Records deadline
- 24 hours after formal notification
- Passports
- Tomaz’s passports, including a diplomatic passport, were ordered canceled
- Investigation
- Operation Sem Desconto
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