Tag: Judge Sergio Moro

• Thursday, October 20th 2016 - 21:05 UTC

  Brazilian ex lawmaker who triggered fall of Rousseff arrested, and promises a “tell-all memoir”

  

  The corruption-related arrest of a former top Brazilian lawmaker on Wednesday threatens to revive political turmoil and snap the momentum of a government economic reform campaign. Eduardo Cunha was taken into police custody Wednesday on accusations of corruption and money laundering related to oil platform contracts with state-controlled Petrobras. He denies the accusations.

• Tuesday, September 27th 2016 - 10:48 UTC

  Liaison man between Lula and Rousseff's presidencies, and corruption scheme arrested

  

  Brazilian presidents Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff former Presidential Chief of Staff and Finance Minister Antonio Palocci was temporarily arrested on Monday morning in São Paulo as part of the 35th phase of the Lava Jato (Car Wash) Operation investigating the Petrobras corruption scandal.

• Wednesday, September 21st 2016 - 09:42 UTC

  Lula must stand trial on Petrobras probe corruption charges

  

  The Brazilian judge overseeing the investigation of a US$2 billion corruption scheme centered on state oil company Petrobras ruled Tuesday that former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva must stand trial on charges arising from the probe.

• Thursday, August 4th 2016 - 22:02 UTC

  Petrobras corruption case nets another company, senior executives and politicians

  

  Brazil’s federal police said they had arrested two people and raided properties over alleged corruption at building firm Queiroz Galvão, as fresh allegations linked the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) to an alleged US$3-million bribe. The sprawling “Operation Carwash” investigation was launched two years ago to tackle price fixing, bribery and political kickbacks at state-run oil firm Petrobras.

• Saturday, July 30th 2016 - 07:58 UTC

  Lula appeals to UN claiming he is victim of abuse of power by a judge and media in a corruption investigation

  

  Lawyers for Brazil's former President Lula da Silva petitioned the United Nations on Thursday with allegations that his human rights had been violated in a corruption investigation.

• 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.

• Tuesday, May 24th 2016 - 05:08 UTC

  Brazilian Justice warns government should not interfere in trials and recommends transparency

  

  Brazilian federal judge hearing the Petrobras case, Sergio Moro, avoided commenting Monday on the voice recording in which a minister of acting-President Michel Temer suggests ways to end the investigation into corruption at the state-run oil company Petrobras, but warned that the government should not interfere in trials, which are the responsibility of the justice system.

• Thursday, May 19th 2016 - 08:02 UTC

  Lula's most trusted and closest political advisor sentenced to 23 years in prison

  

  A Brazilian federal judge on Wednesday sentenced Jose Dirceu, a former presidential chief of staff, to 23 years and three months in prison for his role in a massive corruption scheme centered on state-controlled oil company Petrobras. Judge Sergio Moro, who is spearheading the bribes-for-inflated contracts probe, found Dirceu guilty of accepting and paying bribes and money laundering.

• Tuesday, May 10th 2016 - 18:31 UTC

  Apologizes to the Brazilian people, and pledges to return US$ 280 million from a major construction contractor

  

  Andrade Gutierrez, the second largest public works contractor in Brazil is to make public an “apology to the Brazilian people” for the illegal actions in the public construction contracts investigated by the Brazilian Federal Police's Lava Jato operation, reports Folha de Sao Paulo.

• Saturday, March 26th 2016 - 07:33 UTC

  Rousseff blasts the opposition for their “fascist methods” in trying to illegally remove her from office

  

  Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff condemned the “fascist methods” of opponents seeking her ouster and said the country's current political crisis would leave a “scar” if not resolved democratically. In an interview with several foreign media groups, Rousseff said she was being pressured to resign because her rivals wanted “to avoid the difficulty of removing -- unduly, illegally and criminally -- a legitimately elected president from power”.