The Justice of Pernambuco decided, this Thursday (9), to archive the investigation against the partners of the betting house Vai de Bet and the musician Gusttavo Lima for an alleged money laundering scheme. The decision is from Judge Andréa Calado da Cruz, from the 12th Criminal Court of Recife, who complies with the request of the Public Ministry (MP) of the state.
According to the MP, there are not enough elements for an accusation against those involved to be offered. As a result of the archiving, the precautionary measures that fell on Gusttavo Lima and the names linked to the bet, José André da Rocha Neto, Aislla Sabrina, Thiago Lima Rocha and Rayssa Rocha, were lifted. The mentioned will also have their seized assets returned by the Civil Police of Pernambuco.
In the decision of this Thursday, the judge highlights that there remains the possibility of the investigation being reopened if new evidence emerges.
The country singer had been indicted by the Civil Police of Pernambuco and had his preventive detention ordered, a measure later reversed by the Justice. Financial transactions and the sale of aircraft were pointed out by investigators as links between Gusttavo Lima and the others involved in the alleged money laundering scheme.
"We have always trusted in Justice and since the beginning of the operation, we never had any doubt about what the outcome of the investigation would be. I thank the authorities for their lucidity and the speed with which they handled our case. May we now continue with our lives and be able to carry out our professional activity in the most correct way possible, as we have always wanted to do", said in a statement José André da Rocha Neto, CEO of Vai de Bet.
Discrepancies between Judge Andréa da Cruz and the Public Ministry marked the progress of the process and led the case to the Attorney General of Pernambuco, who reaffirmed the understanding for the archiving of the investigation. In a December decision, the judge criticized the delay of the MP in positioning itself, whether to request the archiving, offer the accusation or request new diligences.
"In a democratic state of law, inertia cannot be tolerated, under penalty of compromising the legitimacy of the process and the credibility of the institutions charged with enforcing justice", she wrote.
The judge also referred to the Special Action Group to Combat Organized Crime (Gaeco), of the Public Ministry, as "inactive" and "silent", in a behavior marked by "lack of procedural impulse". Because of this, she determined the sending of the case to the Attorney General of Justice.
Source: O Globo
