INSS scandal: how the machine that robbed retirees works

- Podcast 15 Minutos returns to the INSS scandal. This time, bringing data that shows how the machine that stole money from retirees worked.

*) The INSS scandal seems to be getting scarier and scarier. With each new discovery, with each new number, everything leads us to believe that the size of the scam that robbed retirees is truly impressive.

If it is true that cases of irregular discounts have been happening for a long time, it also seems clear that from 2023 onwards the business has reached a kind of industrial scale.

To give you an idea: figures from the CGU, the Office of the Comptroller General of the Union, show that unions and associations added an average of 83 new members to their bases per minute. This is as if, every three seconds, four retirees and pensioners had decided to give up part of their benefits received from the INSS.

This episode of the 15 Minutos podcast returns to the INSS scandal. This time, we bring data that shows how the machine that stole money from retirees worked. Our guest is Fernando Jasper, Economy editor and columnist here at Gazeta do Povo.

***The 15-minute podcast is a space for discussing important topics, always with analysis and the participation of the Gazeta do Povo team of journalists. From Monday to Friday, in a light and dynamic way, with a duration that fits into your busy day. Presented by journalist Márcio Miranda.

*** Technical details: '15 minutes', news podcast from Gazeta do Povo # Presentation and script: Márcio Miranda; content direction: Rodrigo Fernandes; sound: Leonardo Bechtloff; distribution strategy: Marcus Ayres.