Defense had filed a prescription request; Former Finance Minister is 75 years old, which has halved the deadline
The Federal Court in Brasilia ended the. He was Minister of Finance from 2006 to 2015, during the governments of (PT) and (PT).
Judge Antonio Claudio Macedo da Silva, from the 10th Court of Brasilia, in a decision signed on Friday (21.FEV.2025), declared extinct punishment against Mantega after the defense of the former minister filed a prescription request. This is the decision (PDF – 21 kb).
The argument of the defense is that the crime by which the defendant was reported has a maximum penalty of 4 years, which would usually put the prescription period in 8 years. However, Mantega is 75 years old and, according to the Penal Code, when the defendant is more than 70 years old on the date of the sentence, this deadline of prescription falls in half.
From the date of receipt of the complaint, March 9, 2018, until the decision, almost 7 years have passed.
Mantega became a defendant under investigation from (Federal Police). According to the complaint of the (Federal Public Prosecution Service) the former minister would have manipulated the composition and operation of judgment in the (Administrative Council of Tax Appeals), a body linked to which companies resort against fines imposed by.
Mantega would have favored the company Cimentos Penha in an operation of R $ 57.7 million. Therefore, he was denounced for a crime against the tax order, which punishes the civil servant who obtains direct or indirect private favoritism. The expected penalty is 1 to 4 years in prison and fine.
In addition to Mantega, the owner of Cimentos Penha, Victor Sandri, also became a defendant on charges of active corruption and administrative law along with 11 more people. The MPF asked for the conviction of the accused and the reparation to the union of R $ 57.7 million.
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