Marcelo Odebrecht

In May 2024, STF Justice Dias Toffoli annulled acts of Curitiba's 13th Federal Court against Marcelo Odebrecht, finding that fair-trial and adversarial-proceedings safeguards had been violated in the conduct of Lava Jato. He also ordered the closure of the proceedings concerned.

State of the evidence

Documented

Attribution

Directly implicated

In December 2017, after approximately two and a half years in detention, Marcelo Odebrecht left Curitiba federal prison to continue serving his sentence at home in São Paulo under electronic monitoring, in accordance with his cooperation agreement.

State of the evidence

Documented

Attribution

Personally implicated

In March 2016, Judge Sérgio Moro sentenced Marcelo Odebrecht to 19 years and four months' imprisonment for corruption, money laundering and criminal association in the Petrobras scheme. The judgment referred to bribes paid in reais and dollars to Petrobras officials.

Attribution

Personally implicated

Course of the proceedings

1. Formally charged — Formal charge before the current outcome

The 2016 international criminal settlement established that Odebrecht paid approximately 788 million dollars in bribes across numerous countries and operated a clandestine payment structure, the Structured Operations Division. US authorities stated that these practices were directed from the group's highest levels during a period encompassing Marcelo Odebrecht's leadership.

State of the evidence

Established by a court

In June 2015, the Federal Police arrested Marcelo Odebrecht, then the group's chief executive, during a phase of Lava Jato targeting Odebrecht and Andrade Gutierrez. Investigators suspected the major construction companies of operating a cartel that overcharged Petrobras to fund bribes.

Attribution

Directly implicated