Tag: Renato Duque

• 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.

• Saturday, March 21st 2015 - 06:36 UTC

  Brazilian museum receives 139 works of art seized from Petrobras corruption scandal

  

  A Brazilian museum received 139 works of art, including a painting by Joan Miro, seized from individuals involved in the corruption scandal rocking state oil giant Petrobras. Works by Brazilian artists Djanira and Heitor dos Prazeres were among the trove that police delivered to the Oscar Niemeyer Museum in the city of Curitiba.

• 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.

• Tuesday, March 17th 2015 - 07:18 UTC

  More former Petrobras top officials arrested on money laundering investigation

  

  Brazilian police arrested a former Petrobras executive on Monday, in a broad kickback and money laundering investigation that has rattled some of the nation's biggest companies and political parties.

• Friday, January 30th 2015 - 08:03 UTC

  Petrobras former CEO has assets frozen under court investigation

  

  A Brazilian state court froze the assets of former Petrobras Chief Executive Officer Jose Sergio Gabrielli amid an investigation of graft and money-laundering in the government-run oil producer's contracts with construction companies.

• Wednesday, November 19th 2014 - 06:57 UTC

  Petrobras corruption: plea bargains with the return of 165m dollars with five accused

  

  Five people accused in a corruption scandal at Brazil's state oil giant Petrobras have agreed to return 165 million dollars to the public purse in plea bargains with prosecutors, a newspaper reported Tuesday.

• Saturday, November 15th 2014 - 07:52 UTC

  Something stinks in Petrobras: former director and leading contractors CEOs arrested on bribery charges

  

  Brazilian police arrested a former Petrobras executive on Friday, sending the state-run oil company's shares and bonds down after a widening corruption scandal forced it to delay the release of its financial results.