Brasilia, August 19 (RHC)-- A Brazilian Supreme Court judge authorized the police to lift the bank and tax secrecy of former president Jair Bolsonaro in the case investigating the appropriation and illegal sale of a set of jewelry received during his term (2019-2022).

According to the investigation by the Federal Police, the former president kept several luxury gifts he received during his government and should have handed over to the State at the end of his term in office.

With this measure authorized by the Brazilian Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes, the Federal Police will examine his records in the scope of the investigations opened for the alleged diversion and sale of official gifts during his time in power.

According to investigations, the diversions of jewelry began in mid-2022 and ended earlier this year, when Bolsonaro, already out of office, was for three months in the United States.  The goal is to know if the money from the sale of jewelry reached the former president, as reported by the Federal Police to the supreme court last Friday.

Last Friday, the PF carried out "Operation Lucas 12:2", which included raids on the home of a former Bolsonaro's aide, Lieutenant Colonel Mauro Cid, and the home of his father, General Mauro Lourena Cid. 

Properties linked to Osmar Crivelatti, still a member of the former president's advisory team, and the lawyer Frederick Wassef, who works in the former president's defense, were also raided.