Comedian has been in prison since July 14th

Comedian Dilson Alves da Silva Neto, known as Nego Di, had his request for habeas corpus denied by the Rio Grande do Sul Court. The request for freedom was analyzed and rejected this Tuesday (22). In the decision, judge Patricia Pereira Krebs Tonet states that there are “indications of authorship and materiality identified in the investigative phase that remain unchanged” and that Nego Di’s release could be a barrier to the conclusion of the investigations. The information is from Correio Braziliense.

“The victims, in their entirety, reiterated the occurrence of fraud – and not just a commercial mistake – even corroborating the participation of the defendant Dilson”, added the judge.

The former BBB has been in prison since July 14, when he was arrested during an operation investigating a fraud and money laundering scheme. Other requests for habeas corpus had already been denied on July 15th and September 4th.

The complaint filed by the Public Ministry of Rio Grande do Sul (MP-RS) detailed that the influencer, through social networks, promoted, continuously and without legal authorization, lotteries in the form of digital raffles, between November 2022 and May 2024.

Nego Di distributed prizes in cash and goods, through draws that yielded around R$2.5 million, corresponding to more than 300,000 bank transfers.

Starting in December 2023, the comedian began fraudulently promoting an electronic raffle for a Porsche Macan and R$150,000 in cash, publishing videos on the social network and using other methods to attract victims.

Before concluding the raffle, Nego Di transferred the vehicle, which would be the main prize, to third parties, acquired the drawn number himself and, to ensure impunity, published a video in which he announced a fictitious winner for the raffle.

Nego Dia and his wife laundered around R$2.5 million, from November 2022 to May this year. The scheme initially consisted of sending the amounts to third-party accounts and, later, “in new acts of concealment of the origin of the amounts, for the acquisition of luxury vehicles, properties in the Capital, in the Serra and on the coast of Rio Grande do Sul, in addition to ordinary expenses for the benefit of the couple.”

In May this year, on a social media profile, the digital influencer posted a transfer receipt, in the PIX modality, in the amount of R$ 1 million, referring to an alleged donation to a solidarity campaign to help the victims of the flood that was ravaging the city. Rio Grande do Sul, when, in reality, the true banking transaction and the corresponding receipt generated were only R$100, which constitutes the use of a false document.