Tag: João Vaccari Neto

• Monday, June 13th 2016 - 06:54 UTC

  Rousseff called as a defense witness over the Petrobras corruption scandal

  

  Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, suspended from office pending her impeachment trial, has been called as a defense witness for a key figure in the Petrobras corruption scandal, court documents show. The case involves Marcelo Odebrecht, the former head of a family-owned construction company who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in the mammoth corruption scandal centered on the state oil giant.

• Wednesday, November 4th 2015 - 08:07 UTC

  Brazilian construction tycoon sentenced to 19 years in prison for Petrobras corruption scandal

  

  The federal judge handling the Petrobras corruption cases sentenced the former vice president of Brazilian engineering firm Mendes Junior to 19 years and four months in prison for his role in the massive kickback scheme.

• Tuesday, September 22nd 2015 - 07:53 UTC

  Former treasurer of Brazil's ruling party sentenced to 15 years in prison over Petrobras corruption

  

  The former treasurer of Brazil's ruling party was sentenced Monday to more than 15 years in prison for his role in a massive corruption scandal at state oil giant Petrobras. The judge investigating the scandal found Joao Vaccari, who was the Workers Party treasurer until April, guilty of “corruption, money-laundering and conspiracy,” and sentenced him to 15 years and four months.

• Wednesday, September 16th 2015 - 09:34 UTC

  Two close associates of Lula da Silva will face trial on the Petrobras scandal

  

  Two leading figures associated with Brazil's ruling Workers' Party will face trial over their alleged roles in the Petrobras graft scandal, authorities confirmed Tuesday.A judge has accepted to take on the case brought against Jose Dirceu, a former chief of staff under ex-president Lula da Silva (2003-2010), and who prosecutors say masterminded the bribes and embezzlement scheme skimming huge sums from the state oil giant.

• Tuesday, June 30th 2015 - 06:14 UTC

  Petrobras drastically cuts investment by 37% in next five years

  

  State-controlled oil giant Petrobras, which is mired in a corruption scandal that has rocked Brazil, said Monday it was cutting investment by 37% during the 2015-2019 period. Investment during the period will now total $130.3 billion, down from the $220.6 billion originally planned, Petrobras said in a filing with the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange.

• Monday, April 20th 2015 - 06:42 UTC

  Brazilian leading contractor admits paying 36m dollars in bribes to Petrobras officials

  

  A vice president of construction company Camargo Correa told Brazilian prosecutors that he paid 36 million dollars in bribes to officials of state-controlled oil company Petrobras, the press reported, citing a document prepared by prosecutors.

• Thursday, April 16th 2015 - 08:07 UTC

  Petrobras corruption probe encroaching President Rousseff; party's treasurer arrested

  

  A widening investigation into alleged corruption at Brazil’s state-controlled oil giant Petrobras took a step closer to President Dilma Rousseff on Wednesday when police arrested the ruling party’s treasurer, João Vaccari Neto, who has been charged with receiving “irregular donations” for the Workers’ Party, or PT, from some of the oil company’s suppliers.

• Thursday, March 19th 2015 - 07:42 UTC

  Brazilian opposition insists Supreme Court must investigate Rousseff

  

  Brazil's opposition has announced that it will ask the Supreme Federal Court to investigate President Dilma Rousseff for the Petrobras corruption scandal in which her party's treasurer Joao Vacari is also implicated.

• Tuesday, March 17th 2015 - 07:59 UTC

  Treasurer of Brazil’s ruling party formally charged in the Petrobras corruption scandal

  

  Brazilian prosecutors have formally charged the treasurer of the ruling Workers' Party and 26 others with corruption linked to state-run Petrobras, in the latest blow to President Dilma Rousseff from the widening scandal.

• Wednesday, March 11th 2015 - 03:02 UTC

  Petrobras whistleblower says Rousseff's party received US$ 200 million from Petrobras contracts

  

  A former Petrobras executive told a congressional hearing in Brazil on Tuesday that the ruling political party received up to 200 million dollars skimmed from contracts with the state-run oil company, reiterating claims made in plea bargain testimony.