Police are investigating a burglary at a property on Sunday night (20) in Santo Amaro, in the southern zone of São Paulo. Documents belonging to former city councilman Milton Leite (União), who has been in custody since Friday (18), were found at the address. His connection to the location is under investigation.
Military Police were called by a neighbor at around 9 p.m. and found the house ransacked and damage to the garage gate, according to the SSP (Public Security Secretariat).
The suspects stole a device used to store footage from the property's internal security camera system. Whether other items were also taken is still under investigation. The report reached out by message to the politician's defense team on the morning of Monday (21), but received no response by the time of publication.
The criminals did not take R$ 19,261 in cash, which was found by police on the sofa. Among the items seized was a wallet containing four bank cards and various other documents in the former councilman's name, including an authenticated copy of his driver's license and a Corinthians membership card.
In addition to the politician's personal belongings, the police team and forensic experts collected two sealed plastic bags containing lists of names and amounts.
The former president of the São Paulo City Council is being held temporarily in Mogi das Cruzes, in Greater São Paulo. He turned himself in after being the subject of an arrest warrant issued under Operation Vectura Corrupta.
Launched by the Civil Police in conjunction with Gaeco (Special Group for Combating Organized Crime), of the Public Prosecutor's Office, the operation investigates the infiltration of members of the PCC (Primeiro Comando da Capital) into public transportation concessionaires and fraud in municipal bidding processes. Investigators point to Leite as the direct manager and de facto owner of the concessionaire Transwolff.
In a statement at the police station on Friday, attorney Aloísio Lacerda Medeiros, who represents the former councilman, denied the accusations. "Milton is calm. He has nothing to do with this story," he said.
Before turning himself in, Leite also denied any link to the criminal faction in a telephone interview with Folha. "I vehemently deny it — I don't know anyone from the PCC in this life. My relationship with the sector was institutional, at the request of then-Mayor Bruno Covas. There is no possibility of me being the owner [of Transwolff]," he stated.
The operation also investigates former SPTrans president Levi dos Santos Oliveira and former candidate for Mayor of Praia Grande Danilo Marco Morgado Silva (PL).
The investigation suggests that bus companies may have come to be managed by members of organized crime following the securing of contracts with the public sector.
