Six people were convicted of corruption and money laundering in fraudulent contracts with Petrobras.
The Federal Court in Paraná condemned six executives and financial operators from construction companies accused of corruption and money laundering up to 14 years and seven months in prison in a remaining share of the extinct Operation Lava Jato about fraudulent contracts with Petrobras.
The sentence is from the 13th Federal Criminal Court of Curitiba, the basis and origin of the investigation that pointed out contractor cartel scheme and distribution of bribes to former directors of the oil company and politicians, between 2004 and 2014. As a victim, Petrobras acted as an assistant to the prosecution in the process.
Appeals are available to convicted businesspeople. Criminalist Alberto Zacharias Toron, who defends one of the sentenced men (Carlos Maurício Lima de Paula Barros), said he will file an appeal.
List of condemned
– Carlos Maurício Lima de Paula Barros was sentenced for active corruption and money laundering to 12 years, 2 months and 7 days in closed prison.
– Jesús de Oliveira Ferreira Filho was sentenced for active corruption and money laundering to 14 years, 7 months and 15 days in closed prison.
– Ricardo Teixeira Fontes was sentenced for active corruption and money laundering to 13 years, 10 months and 15 days in closed prison.
– Flávio Henrique de Oliveira Macedo was sentenced for money laundering to 7 years, 6 months and 20 days in semi-open prison.
– Eduardo Aparecido de Meira was sentenced for money laundering to 7 years, 6 months and 20 days in semi-open prison.
– Igor Belan was sentenced for money laundering to 7 years, 6 months and 20 days in semi-open prison.
The 107-page sentence is from judge Guilherme Roman Borges. He accepted a complaint from the Federal Public Ministry that includes former executives of an industrial engineering company and financial operators.
