Carlos Wanzeler’s life as a fugitive might need lastly come to an finish.
Following the cancellation of his Brazilian citizenship, Brazilian authorities have rejected Wanzeler’s Supreme Court docket enchantment.
Wanzeler (proper) has been wished by US authorities since 2014.
He’s the mastermind behind the $3.6 billion greenback Ponzi scheme TelexFree, which he ran along with James Merrill.
US authorities shut down TelexFree in August 2014. Wanzeler’s spouse Katia would later divulge to authorities that Carlos fled the US for Canada, after which he caught a flight to Brazil.
On the time Wanzeler held twin US Brazilian citizenship. Underneath Brazilian legislation, the nation doesn’t extradite its personal residents.
Carlos Wanzeler and James Merrill had been initially indicted in July 2014. A superseding indictment was filed in September 2016.
Brazilian media report that since 2014, Wanzeler has been residing it up in Espirito Santo.
He’s steadily seen on seashores and has apparently been funding his way of life with stolen TelexFree investor funds.
In February 2018, the Brazilian Ministry of Justice cancelled Wanzeler’s Brazilian citizenship.
Particulars of the case haven’t been made public. However we do know that beneath Brazilian legislation, citizenship could also be revoked offered the person has various citizenship.
Following the announcement, Wanzeler’s lawyer argued his consumer’s case was a “constitutional exception”.
Wanzeler is going through a number of legal expenses in Brazil, and the argument gave the impression to be that if he was extradited, US authorities wouldn’t launch him to face punishment in Brazil.
The Ministry of Justice rejected the argument.
Within the meantime the US put in a proper extradition request. The request remained pending as Wanzeler petitioned the Brazilian Supreme Court docket.
The Supreme Court docket rejected Wanzeler’s petition in March, on the grounds it was with out advantage.
Now not a Brazilian citizen and having exhausted his authorized choices, Wanzeler can now be deported and extradited to the US “at any time”.
Past that we don’t have a timeframe. Wanzeler’s present immigration standing in Brazil can also be unknown.
Keep tuned…