El colapso del Banco Master y el amplio esquema de fraude que sali\u00f3 a la luz revelaron una organizaci\u00f3n criminal oculta dentro del sector financiero de Brasil. As\u00ed se ha desarrollado el caso hasta ahora.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2018:<\/strong> <\/mark>Daniel Vorcaro se convierte en accionista mayoritario<\/a> del Banco M\u00e1xima, que atravesaba una crisis. Junto con Augusto Ferreira Lima, conforma un nuevo equipo de banqueros que reestructura la entidad privada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2021:<\/strong> <\/mark><\/strong>Banco M\u00e1xima cambia su nombre a Banco Master.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2018-2020<\/strong><\/mark>:<\/strong> <\/mark><\/strong>Vorcaro afirma que los ingresos del Banco Master aumentaron de unos US$35 millones (180 millones de reales) en 2018 a casi $200 millones (1.000 millones de reales) en 2020, con rendimientos del 30%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 28-03-2025<\/strong><\/mark>:<\/strong><\/mark> La junta directiva del Banco de Brasilia aprueba por unanimidad la adquisici\u00f3n del Banco Master<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 03-09-2025:<\/strong><\/mark> Tras cinco meses analizando documentos, el Banco Central de Brasil bloquea la adquisici\u00f3n del Banco Master por parte del Banco de Brasilia debido a indicios de fraude. Las autoridades abren una investigaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n VEA TAMBI\u00c9N:<\/strong> <\/mark><\/a><\/a>\u00bfC\u00f3mo se gest\u00f3 el mayor fraude bancario de la historia de Brasil?<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n 18–<\/strong><\/mark>11-2025<\/strong><\/mark>:<\/strong><\/mark> Las autoridades arrestan a Daniel Vorcaro en el Aeropuerto Internacional de Guarulhos, en San Pablo<\/a>. El Banco Central de Brasil ordena la liquidaci\u00f3n del Banco Master<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 14-01-2026<\/mark><\/strong>:<\/mark><\/strong> El gobierno incauta activos por m\u00e1s de US$1.000 millones<\/a> (5.700 millones de reales) pertenecientes a 38 sospechosos<\/a>, entre ellos Vorcaro y miembros de su familia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 12-02-2026<\/mark><\/strong>:<\/mark><\/strong> El magistrado del Supremo Tribunal Federal Dias Toffoli se aparta del caso<\/a>, despu\u00e9s de que la polic\u00eda encontrara referencias a Toffoli en el tel\u00e9fono de Vorcaro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n VEA TAMBI\u00c9N:<\/strong> <\/mark><\/a><\/a><\/a>Las designaciones terroristas de EE. UU. afectar\u00e1n las finanzas del PCC\u2026 y las de todos los dem\u00e1s<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n 04-03-2026<\/mark><\/strong>:<\/mark><\/strong> Vorcaro y varios otros sospechosos son arrestados nuevamente<\/a> bajo sospecha de que intentaron interferir en la investigaci\u00f3n<\/a> despu\u00e9s de quedar en libertad bajo fianza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 16-04-2026<\/mark><\/strong>:<\/mark><\/strong> Paulo Henrique Bezerra Rodrigues Costa, expresidente del Banco de Brasilia (BRB), es arrestado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 07<\/mark><\/strong>-05-2026<\/mark><\/strong>:<\/mark><\/strong> El senador Ciro Nogueira<\/a>, quien fue jefe de gabinete del expresidente Jair Bolsonaro, es acusado de recibir pagos de un primo de Vorcaro a cambio de impulsar legislaci\u00f3n favorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 14-05-2026<\/mark><\/strong><\/mark><\/strong>:<\/mark><\/strong> Henrique Vorcaro, padre de Daniel Vorcaro, es arrestado por presuntamente dirigir milicias privadas<\/a> a pedido de su hijo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 26-05-2026:<\/mark><\/strong> El exgobernador de R\u00edo de Janeiro Cl\u00e1udio Castro y antiguos directivos de RioPrevid\u00eancia, el sistema p\u00fablico de pensiones del estado, son arrestados por utilizar fondos de pensiones<\/a> para realizar inversiones de alto riesgo en el Banco Master. Castro hab\u00eda renunciado como gobernador<\/a> dos meses antes tras ser condenado en un caso no relacionado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a018-06-2026<\/mark><\/strong>:<\/mark><\/strong> Las autoridades ejecutan \u00f3rdenes judiciales<\/a> contra Jaques Wagner, entonces principal l\u00edder del gobierno de Lula en el Senado, bajo sospecha de haber recibido sobornos del director ejecutivo del Banco Master, Augusto Lima. Wagner renunci\u00f3<\/a> a su puesto en el Senado el 24 de junio de 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 21-08-2026:<\/mark><\/strong> La Polic\u00eda Federal de Brasil solicita una pr\u00f3rroga de dos meses para sus investigaciones despu\u00e9s de encontrar indicios de que m\u00e1s ejecutivos del BRB podr\u00edan estar involucrados.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 25-08-2026:<\/strong><\/mark> La Polic\u00eda Federal abre una investigaci\u00f3n sobre presuntas irregularidades en una inversi\u00f3n de US$230.000 (1,2 millones de reales) realizada en el Banco Master por el fondo municipal de pensiones de Campo Grande, capital del estado de Mato Grosso do Sul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n *Esta es la tercera parte de una serie de tres entregas sobre el enorme caso de fraude del Banco Master en Brasil.<\/em> Lea la primera y la segunda parte aqu\u00ed<\/a> y aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Imagen destacada: Oficina desde la que operaba el Banco Master en San Pablo, Brasil. 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