{
  "id": 5332712,
  "title": "Brasilien: Kurz vor den Wahlen holt ein Skandal Brasiliens Justizelite ein",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/brasilien-kurz-vor-den-wahlen-holt-ein-skandal-brasiliens-justizelite",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-03T12:50:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/international/brasilien-kurz-vor-den-wahlen-holt-ein-skandal-brasiliens-justizelite-ein/100251595.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Salvador, Brazil - For months now, it has been known that judges from the Supreme Court of Brazil were entangled in the Banco Master scandal, one of the largest financial and corruption scandals in the country's recent history. This involved numerous influential politicians and bureaucrats. However, the Supreme Court has thus far managed to let the investigations against members of its own judicial elite fizzle out. This could change now. On Tuesday, the Chief Justice, André Mendonça, lifted the ban on a comprehensive investigation report from the Federal Police. The report contains detailed protocols of communications between his fellow judge, Alexandre de Moraes, and the accused banker Daniel Vorcaro, who was once the CEO of Banco Master. Additionally, documents have emerged linking Vorcaro to Prosecutor Paulo Gonet. Vorcaro, who transformed himself from a minor financial services provider into a bank with assets of around 16 billion dollars in less than ten years, operated a business model involving the sale of credit papers tied to non-existent or forged assets. The seized capital was invested in risky financial instruments.",
  "summary": "Neue Ermittlungsakten belasten hochrangige Richter und sogar den Generalstaatsanwalt. Die Justiz versucht, die Ermittlungen zu stoppen. Doch die Geheimhaltung wurde aufgehoben.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}