Rejected Police Report Raises Questions Over Moraes Vote in Vorcaro Case

Rejected Police Report Raises Questions Over Moraes Vote in Vorcaro Case
A Federal Police report that was later rejected by the agency’s leadership alleged that Supreme Federal Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes may have signaled in advance how he would vote in a case of interest to former banker Daniel Vorcaro and Banco Master.

Both accounts describe the dispute as involving ADC 81, a case over rules for opening medical-school places. Banco Master was a creditor of the University of Lutheran Brazil’s operator and was negotiating to convert debt into an ownership stake; a transition rule preserving advanced applications could therefore benefit the university’s pending places and enhance the value of the prospective deal.

The rejected report drew on messages involving Vorcaro, former minister Fábio Faria and former business partner Maurício Quadrado. According to the accounts, Faria told Vorcaro in February 2024 that he would visit Moraes’ home and asked him to be available for a video call. Phone records showed two video calls during that visit. Shortly afterward, Vorcaro reportedly told a partner that Moraes would vote in the group’s favor; months later, Moraes joined the rapporteur’s position in the virtual plenary.

The accounts differ less on the reported chronology than on the institutional meaning of the document. The Federal Police leadership said the investigators’ version was overly descriptive, selectively focused on some justices mentioned in the conversations, and went beyond an intelligence report’s role by implying wrongdoing before a fuller analysis. It ordered the material redone with broader context.

The internal dispute had consequences: delegates Daniel Mostardeiro Cola and Wedson Cajé Lopes were removed from management roles, while the National Association of Federal Police Delegates criticized the decision. The cited reports say the offices involved and Vorcaro’s defense had not commented on the latest developments. The allegations remain allegations; the police leadership’s rejection of the report did not resolve the underlying questions raised by the communications.

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