Ministerio Publico Do Estado Do Espirito SantoProsecutor
Apr. 1997 - Jan. 2019Vitória e Região, BrasilIn Brazil the Public Prosecution is the institution responsible to investigate and prosecute individuals for the commission of crimes and violations of collective rights. In 1998, for example, I investigated and prosecuted eight town councillors and three secretaries of the mayor of Viana City by mismanagement of public funds and embezzlement. Later, by the same crimes, the mayor of that city was prosecuted and imprisoned by the Court of Justice. In 2006, I undertook the position with prosecutorial discretion to defend public assets and fight against Official Misconduct acts (Brazilian Federal Law 8429). Between the years of 2006 and 2011, I started more than 140 “Official Misconduct Actions” with great repercussion, such as “The Ghost Associations Case”, “The Overpriced Insurance Case” and “The Fraudulent Payment of Daily Incomes Case ”, all of these against the ex-President of State Assembly, Deputy J. C. Gratz, recognized as “the boss” of the organized crime in Espírito Santo State (video in Portuguese available in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxf7Xu72esk ). At the same time, I started “Official Misconduct Actions” against the ex-Governor and against the ex-President of the Audit Court for embezzlement. I did several investigations and started process against the police officers involved with, the so called “The Funeral Mafia” and with “The Winches Mafia”. Lastly, I participated in a part of a case called "The Shipwreck Operation" as a partner of Federal Police and Federal Public Prosecution which sent to the jail some Judges of State Court of Espírito Santo. In this case, alongside others Prosecutors, I initiated an “Official Misconduct Action” against Judges involved in a fraudulent competitive examination. In 2014 I initiated a civil action to ban the anonymous app "Secret" from mobile phones over concerns about the spread of cyber-bullying in Brazil. The users of "Secret" could post messages or pictures without their identity being revealed.