Anna Ramos Saikali, a former director of Americanas, left for Lisbon about two weeks before the start of a police operation in which she was being pursued on suspicion of participating in a fraud scheme, market manipulation, use of confidential information and criminal association. According to Globo, the businesswoman arrived in Portugal on June 15, and on the 27th Interpol announced measures that included the businesswoman on the list of fugitives from justice.
Saikali’s defense asked the court to reconsider the preventive measure, presenting a return ticket to Brazil on Saturday evening. According to the Brazilian press, the woman will report to Portuguese authorities at Lisbon airport on Saturday evening and hand over her passport to the Brazilian Federal Police as soon as she returns to Brazil.
Defense lawyers insist that Saikaly had purchased the ticket to Lisbon in advance to celebrate his son’s birthday, not as an escape attempt to avoid arrest. However, they presented a ticket with a return date set for the 26th and did not explain the reason for denying boarding.
In addition to the CEO, former Americanas CEO Miguel Gutierrez, who has been in Madrid for a year, has been placed in preventive detention. He was arrested on Friday by Spanish police and released after giving a statement. Another 12 executives were searched and detained at addresses in Rio de Janeiro.
Author: morning Post
Source: CM Jornal
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