Luciano Hang

An electoral action alleged that Jorge Seif's Senate campaign had improperly benefited from Havan's material resources and employees, with alleged direct involvement by Luciano Hang. After several procedural stages and investigative steps, in February 2026 the TSE upheld the regional decision dismissing the allegations and finding the election regular.

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After the 2022 elections, demonstrators calling for military intervention gathered in the grounds of a Havan store in Rio do Sul before a road blockade. An investigation examined whether Hang or Havan had authorised or supported the action. In August 2026, Alexandre de Moraes closed the case at the request of the PGR.

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The Labour Prosecution Service sued Havan and Luciano Hang over meetings, videos and messages addressed to employees during the 2018 presidential election, regarded as pressure in favour of Jair Bolsonaro and threats of store closures or redundancies if Fernando Haddad won. In 2024, the Florianópolis Labour Court ordered collective and individual compensation at first instance.

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The First Special Chamber of the Rio Grande do Sul Court of Justice convicted Luciano Hang of defamation and insult against architect Humberto Tadeu Hickel following posts describing him as an 'esquerdopata' and suggesting that he go to Cuba. The custodial sentence was replaced by community service.

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By five votes to two, the TSE ruled that use of the Havan store infrastructure, employees, suppliers, brand and social media in favour of a municipal candidacy in Brusque constituted abuse of economic power. Luciano Hang was declared ineligible for elections held during the eight years following the 2020 vote.

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In Petition 10543, the STF investigated eight business executives, including Luciano Hang, after WhatsApp messages were interpreted by the reporting justice as indicating a desire to destabilise institutions and a possible connection with financing anti-democratic acts. Bank accounts were initially frozen, then unfrozen in September 2022. In August 2023, the investigation was closed for six executives but extended for Hang to allow further analysis of his telephone.

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Luciano Hang was named in electoral investigation actions alleging that he had participated in financing or contracting mass WhatsApp messaging services supporting the Bolsonaro–Mourão candidacy in 2018. In February 2021, the TSE unanimously dismissed two of these actions as unfounded, citing insufficient evidence of the alleged facts and connections.

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The parliamentary pandemic inquiry summoned Luciano Hang following his public support for 'early treatment' against Covid-19 and allegations of involvement in a 'parallel cabinet'. The case also concerned his mother's death: Hang acknowledged that she had received hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin and was questioned about Covid-19 initially being omitted from her death certificate.

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In STF Inquiry 4781, federal police executed search warrants targeting Luciano Hang, among others. His telephone and computer were seized, and Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered the lifting of banking and tax confidentiality while investigators examined possible financing of a network distributing false or offensive content targeting institutions.

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A criminal complaint sought an investigation into alleged favouritism towards Luciano Hang in connection with an IPHAN appointment, including a suggestion of possible active bribery by the businessman. The STF accepted the Prosecutor General's opinion and did not pursue this part of the request.

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