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Marcelo Odebrecht: what happened in the Operation Lava Jato case

Former executive of the Odebrecht group. Federal prosecutors alleged that Marcelo Odebrecht oversaw bribe payments to obtain Petrobras contracts, and he later signed a plea agreement admitting to wrongdoing.

Outcome todayAs of May 2024 all acts of the 13th Federal Court of Curitiba against Marcelo Odebrecht had been annulled by Justice Dias Toffoli, while his plea agreement, whose sentence he completed in April 2023, remained in force.

Every court stage

  1. Arrested113th Federal Court of Curitiba
  2. Plea agreement (delação premiada) concluded1
  3. Moved to house arrest, later to a semi-open regime1
  4. Banda B reported a second-instance conviction totalling 43 years and 8 months1Federal Regional Court of the 4th Region (TRF-4)
  5. Justice Edson Fachin reduced the sentence under his plea agreement from 10 years to 7 years and 6 months2Supreme Federal Court (STF)
  6. Completed his plea agreement sentence2
  7. Justice Dias Toffoli annulled all acts of the 13th Federal Court of Curitiba against him. The plea agreement was not affected.2,3Supreme Federal Court (STF)

Response

His defence said in 2024 that he did not plan to return to business for the time being, according to Agência Estado.

Sources

  1. Banda B, Saiba o que aconteceu com os principais alvos da Lava Jato de Curitiba (15 February 2021)
  2. O Povo / Agência Estado, Condenados na Lava Jato planejam retorno à vida pública após absolvições (Agência Estado) (23 May 2024)
  3. Migalhas, Ministro Dias Toffoli anula atos da Lava Jato contra Palocci (19 February 2025)