A military police officer was convicted by the TJSC (Santa Catarina Court) for involvement in gambling in Itapema, on the state’s northern coast. The case took place in 2020. The verdict, announced this Tuesday (19), was handed down by the 4th criminal chamber of the court.

Military police officer arrested after involvement in Jogo do Bicho in Itapema – Photo: O tempo

According to TJSC, the investigation revealed that the police officer used his position in the police force to access the Integrated System for Public Security (SISP) and transmit confidential information to an accomplice who operated a gambling kiosk in the coastal city.

“While the accomplice was sending people’s full names, the police officer opened the system and carried out searches,” the court was told.

In messages dated June 2020, the Prime Minister provided information such as license plate number, vehicle model, CPF, CNPJ, address and other information about individuals and entities that the co-conspirator requested.

When asked about the case, Santa Catarina’s military police said they “do not comment on cases before the courts.”

The SSP/SC (State Secretariat of Public Security of Santa Catarina) considered that “a proper investigation was carried out and the judiciary, in fulfilling its constitutional mission, exercised jurisdiction in the manner prescribed by law.”

How the soldier was caught

According to TAO, the serviceman misused one of the police cars. In November 2020, he drove up to a bookmaker’s office and confiscated a slot machine for his own use.

On the same day, two other police officers arrived at the scene to investigate the complaint. After looking at CCTV cameras, they identified their colleague in uniform.

Military police officer convicted of involvement in Jogo do Bicho – Photo: Prime Minister/Reproduction

Condemnation

In total, the policeman was sentenced to four years and seven months: three years and six months in a semi-open colony “for appropriating movable property for use or using it for one’s own or someone else’s benefit” and another year and one year. a month of detention “for disclosing a fact that should remain secret and about which he is aware by virtue of his position, as well as for failing to perform an official act to satisfy personal interests,” according to the SAT.

Why is gambling with animals prohibited?

The ban on Jogo do Bicho, like some other games of chance in Brazil, was established by Decree-Law No. 9,215 of April 30, 1946, signed by President Eurico Gaspar Dutra, in a decision that took into account “abuses, harmful for morality and good customs.”