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Paulo Roberto Costa: what happened in the Operation Lava Jato case

Former supply director of Petrobras. Prosecutors accused Costa of diverting R$358 million from Petrobras contracts, according to Metrópoles.

Outcome todayPaulo Roberto Costa died on 13 August 2022.

Every court stage

  1. Arrested2,113th Federal Court of Curitiba
  2. Plea agreement, the first in Lava Jato. He was convicted of corruption, money laundering and membership of a criminal organisation, with sentences totalling more than 70 years in the Paraná cases, and freed under his cooperation agreement.1,313th Federal Court of Curitiba
  3. Left prison1
  4. Died in Rio de Janeiro aged 681,2

Response

No public response is recorded in the cited sources.

Sources

  1. Metrópoles, Paulo Roberto Costa, 1º delator da Lava Jato, morre aos 68 anos (14 August 2022)
  2. A Gazeta / Folhapress, Morre Paulo Roberto Costa, ex-diretor da Petrobras e 1º delator da Lava Jato (Folhapress) (13 August 2022)
  3. Banda B, Saiba o que aconteceu com os principais alvos da Lava Jato de Curitiba (15 February 2021)