Brazil: São Paulo prosecutors arrest ex-official in tax credit fraud probe

Brazilian prosecutors launched a new phase of Operation Ícaro targeting an illegal tax credit scheme at the São Paulo State Treasury Secretariat. Former director André Weiss and lawyer João André Buttini de Moraes were arrested, with 47 search warrants executed across São Paulo and Mato Grosso do Sul. The investigation signals potential systemic corruption in state tax administration, though details of the scheme remain limited.