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Fachin Orders Unsealing in Bolsonaro Biopic Corruption Probe

By Drooid · Sep 13, 2026, 10:18 AM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

Senator Flávio Bolsonaro is under investigation for alleged corruption tied to financing his father’s biopic.
Prosecutors are examining 61 million reais transferred from banker Daniel Vorcaro to a fund linked to Eduardo Bolsonaro for money-laundering.
Justice André Mendonça opened the investigation in July after a federal police request.
Chief Justice Luiz Edson Fachin ordered the files to be unsealed within 24 hours.
Federal police raided the film’s production company following the unsealing.

History

Historical Context

Operation Car Wash began in March 2014 when Judge Sérgio Moro uncovered a Petrobras money-laundering scheme that later yielded more than R$4 billion in seized assets and implicated dozens of politicians. The probe’s precedent now frames prosecutors’ scrutiny of a R$61 million transfer from banker Daniel Vorcaro to Eduardo Bolsonaro’s fund, which also ties Senator Flávio Bolsonaro to alleged kickbacks.

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Story summary

Senator Flávio Bolsonaro is under investigation for alleged corruption tied to financing his father’s biopic.
Prosecutors are examining 61 million reais transferred from banker Daniel Vorcaro to a fund linked to Eduardo Bolsonaro for money-laundering.
Justice André Mendonça opened the investigation in July after a federal police request.
Chief Justice Luiz Edson Fachin ordered the files to be unsealed within 24 hours.
Federal police raided the film’s production company following the unsealing.

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