Brazil’s Supreme Court on Monday ordered the police to seize the passport of Flávio Bolsonaro, the presidential candidate defeated in Sunday’s election, because he is under criminal investigation related to a money laundering scheme.
The ruling, issued by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, stems from an inquiry into Mr. Bolsonaro’s links to a Brazilian lawyer who is accused of laundering more than $1 billion through a vast fraud scheme, according to a court document reviewed by The New York Times.
Mr. Bolsonaro, a right-wing senator, came on the radar of the authorities when the police said earlier this month that they had discovered that Mr. Bolsonaro had access to the bank accounts of a company owned by the lawyer, Willer Tomaz. In May 2025, a person employed by the lawyer asked the bank to revoke the senator’s access to the accounts, according to a Federal Police report reviewed by the Times.
The ruling also ordered Mr. Bolsonaro to stay away from Mr. Tomaz, a close friend of the right-wing senator. Mr. Tomaz has denied any wrongdoing and rejected claims that Mr. Bolsonaro managed his company’s account. » | Ana Ionova, Alice Maciel and Thayz Guimarães | Reporting from Brasília. | Monday, October 26, 2026
