Tag: Judge Sergio Moro

• Tuesday, August 18th 2015 - 09:28 UTC

  Former Petrobras top official sentenced to 12 years in prison

  

  A Brazilian judge sentenced Nestor Cervero, former international chief of state-run oil firm Petrobras, to just over 12 years in prison on Monday for corruption and money laundering related to a bribe allegedly paid to the speaker of Brazil's lower house of Congress.

• Saturday, July 25th 2015 - 00:39 UTC

  Brazil's Odebrecht CEO charged with money laundering, corruption and criminal conspiracy

  

  Brazilian prosecutors presented formal charges on Friday against the chief executive of Latin America's largest engineering firm and other senior executives detained last month in a landmark investigation meant to show that the country's elite are not above the law.

• Tuesday, July 21st 2015 - 05:42 UTC

  Three Brazilian top executives convicted in relation with Petrobras corruption

  

  Three executives of Brazil's Camargo Correa group were convicted of money laundering, corruption and other charges, the first construction-industry executives to be sentenced in a giant price fixing and bribery scandal involving state-run oil company Petrobras.

• Wednesday, May 27th 2015 - 04:53 UTC

  Petrobras former director sentenced five years in prison for money laundering

  

  A Brazilian judge has sentenced a former international director at the country's largest corporation and government managed Petrobras to five years in prison for money laundering, the second company executive convicted in an ongoing corruption probe.

• Thursday, May 7th 2015 - 05:56 UTC

  Probing Petrobras corruption scandal becoming tougher for prosecutors

  

  Brazil's Supreme Court ordered another engineering executive released from jail on Wednesday, complicating prosecutors' efforts to expand the current corruption investigation at Petrobras.

• Friday, April 24th 2015 - 22:08 UTC

  Eight first convictions in Petrobras corruption case including a former manager

  

  The Brazilian judge overseeing the investigation into alleged corruption at Petrobras on Wednesday convicted eight people of crimes related to kickbacks and bribery. Judge Sergio Moro found former Petrobras executive Paulo Roberto Costa and currency dealer Alberto Youssef guilty of money laundering, and Mr. Costa of belonging to a criminal organization.