Brazil’s Supreme Court freezes Elon Musk owned Starlink’s bank accounts

The accounts of Starlink, which is a satellite internet service of rocket technology SpaceX, will now be frozen. Starlink acknowledged the development in a post on X that it has received an order regarding the freeze of financial accounts in Brazil and will respond accordingly.

In the post, Starlink said, “Earlier this week we received an order from Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes that freezes Starlink’s finances and prevents Starlink from conducting financial transactions in that country. This order is based on an unfounded determination that Starlink should be responsible for the fines levied—unconstitutionally—against X. It was issued in secret and without affording Starlink any of the due process of law guaranteed by the Constitution of Brazil. We intend to address the matter legally.”

In addition to lack of legal representatives, the freeze of Starlink’s account comes due to the non-payment of penalties which X was bound to pay for failing to submit some documents. Folha, a local Brazilian newspaper, reported that the fines amount to approximately 20 million reais ($3.6 million).

Musk had criticised judge Moraes on X and wrote, “Moraes is an outright criminal of the worst kind, masquerading as a judge.”

Earlier this month, X announced its plans to shut down all operations in Brazil and exit the country due to what the company claimed to be “censorship orders”.

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