By order of Minister Alexandre de Moraes of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), the bank accounts of Luciano Hanga, the owner of the Havan chain of stores based in Brusca, in the Itajai Valley, and seven other businessmen were released.

The businessman’s accounts were blocked on August 25 – Photo: Arquivo / ND

The blockade affected businessmen who were being investigated for messaging allegedly advocating a coup in the country if incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) is not re-elected.

At the request of the Federal Police, searches and seizure warrants were also carried out at the addresses of those involved. It was at the end of August.

This Thursday (15) the Minister ordered the unblocking of the accounts, considering that this measure was no longer necessary.

He stated that businessmen could fund “illegal and undemocratic activities” during the September 7 holiday, which is why he carried out the blockade.

“The presence of strong indications of actions to provide resources to achieve hidden goals in actions committed during the last national holiday of Brazilian independence, in actions that could theoretically qualify as crimes […]made it necessary, appropriate and urgent to freeze the bank accounts of persons under investigation, given the possibility of using resources to finance illegal and undemocratic actions,” he commented.

On Wednesday (14), Hang’s defense filed a disclosure request, arguing that the case should not fall under STF jurisdiction because Luciano and the other defendants do not have privileged jurisdiction.

The request, made in a petition to the Supreme Court, was rejected by the minister.

Following the positive decision to open the accounts this Thursday, Hang spoke out through an official note posted on his wife Andrea Hang’s profile, which the businessman has been using since the social media suspension.

“I am pleased with the minister’s wise decision, as we did nothing wrong. As I said, they created a fiction, and he was misled,” says the businessman.

Hang says he considers himself “politically persecuted” and that he also expects his social media profiles to be published.

remember the case

Luciano Hang and seven other businessmen were targeted by the Federal Police on August 23 after they allegedly exchanged messages containing the coup on WhatsApp groups.

Eight search and seizure warrants have been issued against the addresses of businessmen by order of Minister Alexandre de Moraes of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) in five states: Santa Catarina, Ceara, Rio Grande do Sul, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo . .

The messages were revealed in an August 17 article by journalist Guilherme Amado on the Metropoles portal.

Entrepreneurs: Luciano Hang (Havan stores), José Isaac Perez (Multiplan chain stores), Andre Tisso (Grupo Serra), Ivan Vrubel (Construtora W3), José Curi (Barra World Shopping), Meyer Nirgri (Tecnisa), Marco Aurelio Raimundo. (Mormaii) and Afranio Barreira (Coco Bambu Group).

On the same day the orders were executed, Hang’s Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok accounts were deleted.

On September 5, Hang filed an appeal with the STF. The businessman’s defense stated that actions such as blocking bank accounts and social media profiles, in addition to seizing Luciano’s mobile phone, were not within the competence of the STP.

With information from R7.