São Paulo judge ruled that other employees besides the partners of BlueBenx are guilty in a scheme that left several investors harmed.

A decision from the Court of Justice of the State of São Paulo recognized the responsibility in the case of the BlueBenx financial pyramid of Débora Kanankaity Taicico dos Anjos, compliance director of the company, and her husband, Assuramaya dos Anjos, who acted as the company's lawyer.

According to the records, Débora was considered jointly responsible for the damages caused, as she was part of the strategic core of BlueBenx and publicly presented herself as responsible for the compliance area, the sector that is precisely responsible for preventing illegal practices.

In addition to the two, the decision condemns the companies BlueBenx and BBX, the partners Roberto Cardassi, William Batista Silva, Renato Sanchez, André Massao, in addition to the company Nicolia dos Anjos Sociedade de Advocacia (linked to Assuramaya).

"This decision represents an important milestone in holding professionals accountable who, although not formally listed as partners, occupy strategic positions within fraudulent structures," says lawyer Vitor Gomes Rodrigues de Mello, who worked on the case.

"The Judiciary has shown sensitivity in recognizing that this is not just a failed business, but an operation set up to deliberately deceive good-faith investors," he assesses.

In 2022, BlueBenx froze its clients' withdrawals after claiming to be the target of a hacker attack. Evidence shows, however, that this was not the case and the company was accused of scamming its clients, being further defined as a financial pyramid.

The specific case of this condemnation involves an investor who invested R$ 314,736.27 in Bluebenx and did not receive anything after the company froze the withdrawals. In the decision, Judge Mônica de Cassia Thomaz Perez Reis Lobo accepted the defense's arguments to hold other employees of the platform responsible in addition to the partners.

For the judge, there was clear participation and collusion with the business model based on unreal profit promises with crypto assets, which reached over 66% per year.

Furthermore, the decision highlights that Débora was aware of the fraudulent nature of the operation, as she remained linked to the company even after the suspension of withdrawals and public fraud allegations. The conduct, according to the judge, reveals willful omission in her professional and ethical duties.

The process also defines the return of more than R$ 314,000 invested with monetary correction and interest of 1% per month, moral damages of R$ 20,000 also with correction and interest, in addition to the payment by the defendants of court costs and fees, in the amount of 10% of the value of the condemnation.

The case of BlueBenx

BlueBenx was founded in 2017 and attracted thousands of investors. Two years later, the company came under scrutiny by the Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM), which filed a lawsuit for evaluating its operation as an irregular investment offering.

In 2022, when it suspended withdrawals, BlueBenx justified the interruption of payments by claiming to have been the victim of an "extremely aggressive" hacker attack. However, after some time, it changed the narrative claiming to have been the victim of a false listing scam.

The then lawyer of the company, Assuramaya Kuthumi, stated at the time that the company had lost R$ 160 million in the incident. On-chain evidence, however, located a loss of only R$ 1.1 million in tokens that BlueBenx supposedly lost after falling into a false listing scheme, which were later transferred to the Binance exchange, according to investigations at the time.

Currently, the partners of Bluebenx, Roberto de Jesus Cardassi, William Tadeu Batista Silva, Renato Sanchez Gonzalez Junior, and Andre Massao Onomura, are being judged by the CVM for the illegal offering of assets. In May, the process was interrupted by a request for a view made by director João Accioly.

The rapporteur of the process in the commission, Otto Lobo, has already presented his favorable vote for the condemnation of the company, proposing a fine of a total of R$ 18 million. He also voted for the condemnation of Roberto Cardassi to pay a fine of R$ 4 million, in addition to the suspension of his activities in the securities market for 96 months. For William Tadeu Batista Silva, Otto Lobo proposed a fine of R$ 2.3 million and suspension for 87 months.

Detained in Portugal last year and deported to Brazil, Cardassi spent about three months in prison and was released on May 15, 2025. William Tadeu was said to be missing, but a recently presented defense showed that he would be in Florida, United States, which he claimed was a measure due to threats against his life, and not an escape from the country.

Cardassi was summoned to speak at the CPI of Financial Pyramids as a witness, but did not appear as he was a fugitive at the time. In its final report, the CPI recommended that the Public Ministry pursue Roberto Cardassi to investigate his conduct in Bluebenx and, if necessary, propose a criminal action.