The scheme allegedly saw pensioners defrauded of payments, with the diverted money shared among corrupt officials.

Brazil's social security minister resigned following a police probe into a massive fraud scheme involving pension payments.

Brazil's minister for social security resigned on Friday over a scandal concerning an alleged scheme to defraud retirees of ...

Brazil's Social Security Minister, Carlos Lupi, has resigned nine days after police unveiled a major corruption scandal which defrauded ... $200,000 in cash. The fraud allegedly involved ...

Carlos Lupi says he has not been named in the investigation and denies any wrongdoing [EPA] ...