A RESPONSABILIZAÇÃO DOS AGENTES PÚBLICOS POR FRAUDES NAS AQUISIÇÕES PÚBLICAS DURANTE A PANDEMIA DE COVID-19

This is a scientific production whose theme is the accountability of public agents for fraud in public procurement during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Law of Administrative Improbity has been standing out in several aspects of the legal system and evolving in terms of legal and current protection, giving concreteness to the constitutional demand of art. 37, § 4.º, in order to effectively protect administrative morality, valuing honesty in dealing with public matters. For this, penalties have been sanctioned when there is disrespect for probity. This work was dedicated to analyzing the cases of accountability of public agents for fraud in acquisitions during the pandemic period of COVID-19, making an analysis of the concepts brought by the doctrinators and characterizing the improbable conduct, based on the principles of the Federal Constitution of 1988 and especially in compliance with Law No. 14230/21, which provides for administrative impropriety. The methodology used was a descriptive and exploratory literature review, with a qualitative approach. Regarding the results obtained, it is correct to state that during the pandemic period, mainly between the years 2020 and 2021, several public agents were involved in embezzlement, as shown in cases I, II, III and IV. As a result, there is passive corruption, which is practiced by the public agent who requests or receives, for himself or for another person of his interest, either directly or indirectly, any undue advantage due to the position he occupies.