Zema defends Nikolas after Lula’s statements about organized crime

The deputy was accused of ties to the First Command of the Capital (PCC) after a major operation by the Federal Police (PF) targeted the group’s financing through money laundering schemes involving investment funds operated in fintechs. The controversy relates to a video the congressman posted in January, accusing the Lula government of planning to tax Pix. In reality, the regulation planned by the Ministry of Finance would regulate the so-called fintechs. In an interview with radio Itatiaia, Lula said there was ‘a deputy who campaigned against the changes proposed by the Federal Revenue Service’ and that it was now ‘proven that he was defending organized crime’. Although not named specifically, Nikolas described the president’s statements as ‘malicious’ and stated he would take legal action.