Juliana Cézar Nunes
Reporter - Agência Brasil

Brasília - Beginning on Monday (August 1), the Federal Police will start taking testimonies from people who made withdrawals from accounts belonging to the Brazilian advertising agent, Marcos Valério, in the Rural Bank. Valério, who is a partner in the SMP&B and DNA advertising agencies, was fingered by Federal Congressman, Roberto Jefferson (PTB-RJ), as responsible for monthly allowance payments to members of the Congress.

According to Federal Police Commissioner Luiz Flávio Zampronho, the first individuals to be called will be the ones who withdrew the largest sums of money from Valério's accounts.

Hearings will be held simultaneously in Brasília and São Paulo.

The investigation into Valério's businesses was assigned to the Federal Police by the Federal Supreme Court, at the request of the Federal Attorney-General's Office (PGR).

Translation: David Silberstein