PF arrested suspect operator to move R $ 30 million in petrolão (Vagner Rosario / Handout)
After taking the largest contractors in the country to behind bars and denounce lobbyists, operators and former directors of Petrobras, researchers working in Operation Lava Jet now miram operator acting João Augusto Henriques, suspected of acting on behalf of the PMDB in petrolão scandal and move bribes worth over 30 million dollars. Federal Judge Sergio Moro determined the temporary detention of Henriques in the 19th stage of Lava jet. He gave the Superintendency of the Federal Police in Rio de Janeiro in the early afternoon.
Research on this front, the focus is on irregularities in drillships contract by Petrobras worth more than 1,816 billion dollars and shared bribes to lobbyists and former head of the International Area of Petrobras Jorge Zelada. "But the research can be expanded and reach all contracts involving the operator," said on Monday the deputy Igor Romário de Paula. "There are indications of the involvement of the PMDB, a party that has been mentioned with regard to the International board," he said.
The main suspicion against Zelada, successor to Nestor Cervero in oil, is that he had received bribes to benefit the American company Vantage Drilling the charter contract of the drillship Titanium Explorer. In addition to Zelada, the former director general of the International area of State Eduardo Musa, lobbyists Hamylton Padilha, Raul Schmidt Felippe Junior, executive Hsin Chi Su and John himself Augusto Henriques are already defendants in a criminal action Lava jet.
According to the indictment the prosecution, at least 31 million scheme dollars ended up in the hands of Zelada, Musa and the PMDB, responsible for political patronage of the former leader. In the scheme, lobbyists Hamylton Padilha, Raul Schmidt Junior and João Augusto Henriques acted as intermediary in the negotiations, and it was up to Padilha pay the part designed to Eduardo Musa, Raul Schmidt deposit the bribe reserved for Zelada and João Augusto Henriques pay dirty money to the PMDB. In all cases, the bribe was sent directly to secret accounts abroad in Monaco, Marshall Islands and Switzerland.
An internal audit of Petrobras itself indicated irregularities Jorge Zelada for the benefit of the company Vantage Drilling. There was simulated contracts for transfer of bribes, as well as secret offshore accounts used by the former director of petrolão to hide dirty money. The financial transaction Jorge Zelada were investigated in more detail from the beginning of the year, when federal prosecutors found secret accounts of the former director in Monaco with a balance of about 11 million euros.
After taking the largest contractors in the country to behind bars and denounce lobbyists, operators and former directors of Petrobras, researchers working in Operation Lava Jet now miram operator acting João Augusto Henriques, suspected of acting on behalf of the PMDB in petrolão scandal and move bribes worth over 30 million dollars. Federal Judge Sergio Moro determined the temporary detention of Henriques in the 19th stage of Lava jet. He gave the Superintendency of the Federal Police in Rio de Janeiro in the early afternoon.
Research on this front, the focus is on irregularities in drillships contract by Petrobras worth more than 1,816 billion dollars and shared bribes to lobbyists and former head of the International Area of Petrobras Jorge Zelada. "But the research can be expanded and reach all contracts involving the operator," said on Monday the deputy Igor Romário de Paula. "There are indications of the involvement of the PMDB, a party that has been mentioned with regard to the International board," he said.
The main suspicion against Zelada, successor to Nestor Cervero in oil, is that he had received bribes to benefit the American company Vantage Drilling the charter contract of the drillship Titanium Explorer. In addition to Zelada, the former director general of the International area of State Eduardo Musa, lobbyists Hamylton Padilha, Raul Schmidt Felippe Junior, executive Hsin Chi Su and John himself Augusto Henriques are already defendants in a criminal action Lava jet.
According to the indictment the prosecution, at least 31 million scheme dollars ended up in the hands of Zelada, Musa and the PMDB, responsible for political patronage of the former leader. In the scheme, lobbyists Hamylton Padilha, Raul Schmidt Junior and João Augusto Henriques acted as intermediary in the negotiations, and it was up to Padilha pay the part designed to Eduardo Musa, Raul Schmidt deposit the bribe reserved for Zelada and João Augusto Henriques pay dirty money to the PMDB. In all cases, the bribe was sent directly to secret accounts abroad in Monaco, Marshall Islands and Switzerland.
An internal audit of Petrobras itself indicated irregularities Jorge Zelada for the benefit of the company Vantage Drilling. There was simulated contracts for transfer of bribes, as well as secret offshore accounts used by the former director of petrolão to hide dirty money. The financial transaction Jorge Zelada were investigated in more detail from the beginning of the year, when federal prosecutors found secret accounts of the former director in Monaco with a balance of about 11 million euros.
