Financial analyst Catarina Castro, who was President of the regional delegation of SEDES – Association for Economic Development, is being investigated by the Judiciary Police and the Ministry of Social Affairs. Following criminal proceedings for alleged fraud and abuse of trust that have harmed several Madeirans, including former MEP SĂ©rgio…
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Yesterday, the Judiciary Police, through Madeira’s Criminal Investigation Department, arrested a couple accused of committing ten counts of qualified fraud and three counts of simple fraud, after carrying out arrest warrants issued by the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Ponta do Sol. The criminal scheme began in November 2024 and lasted…
The President of PS-Madeira today demanded public clarification from the Regional Government regarding the case of alleged fraud with European funds under PRODERAM, currently under judicial investigation. On the sidelines of a visit to the Anona Regional Exhibition, in Faial, the socialist leader considered that the Regional Executive, as the…
The Judiciary Police (PJ) coordinated, in the districts of Lisbon and Funchal, an operation to combat fraud in the allocation of European funds for reforestation projects in Madeira, with damages estimated at more than 3.6 million euros, as part of an investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, and…
Today, the Judiciary Police arrested an endocrinologist suspected of involvement in a fraudulent scheme to prescribe medicines covered by the National Health Service (SNS), in an operation that had a major focus in Funchal. The investigation, conducted by the PJ’s Northern Directorate, included several searches in different cities of the…
The director of Funchal Customs, JoĂŁo Paulo Matias, is reportedly the target of searches carried out by the Judiciary Police and the Public Prosecutor’s Office, with the presence of a prosecutor, “under suspicion of economic participation in business and personal favouritism of his own wife,” states CNN Portugal. According to…
The PS Parliamentary Group today requested a parliamentary hearing, as a matter of urgency, with the Regional Secretary for Tourism, Environment and Culture, Eduardo Jesus – who is also the President of the Madeira Promotion Association – so that the government can give explanations andascertain responsibilities for a contract between…
The Court of Auditors (TdC) has decided to annul a contract between the Association for the Promotion of the Autonomous Region of Madeira and Nova ExpressĂŁo, Planejamento de Media e Publicidade, S.A. The contract was signed on the 19th of March 2025 for the acquisition of digital production services, planning,…
The National Anti-Corruption Unit of the Judiciary Police is investigating a self-styled grand master of an independent Masonic lodge on suspicion of financial fraud. The suspect, who allegedly had business dealings with defendants in the mega-case of diamond trafficking and bitcoin fraud, was intercepted in wiretaps arranging suspicious meetings, according…
Hugo Aveiro, Cristiano Ronaldo’s brother, reached a confidential agreement with the company Pegaso, ending the legal process that was taking place in Turin, Italy, and thus avoiding being tried for selling counterfeit Juventus shirts. The case dates back to December 2020, when the Turin Public Prosecutor’s Office opened an investigation…
The Public Prosecutor’s Office (MP) has brought charges against 24 defendants (13 men and 9 women working for two companies on the island of Terceira, Azores) for several crimes under Operation Mayday. The suspects have defrauded the State for more than 9.5 million euros through the social mobility allowance –…
An ongoing Judicial Police operation in Madeira has led to the arrest of several high-ranking figures. Local newspaper, JM, reported firsthand that the operation is related to business carried out with the company Dupla DP, within the scope of public procurement, leading the Judicial Police and other entities to investigate…
RTP has reported that the operation that brought a contingent of Judiciary Police agents to the Region has already resulted in the arrest of five people, who will be taken to Lisbon, where they will be heard in the first interrogation.