Camargo Corrêa denies involvement in plea bargain agreement.
The construction company Camargo Corrêa stated that it did not participate in the plea bargain agreement reached by the company's president, Dalton Avancini, and vice-president, Eduardo Leite. In a statement, the construction company said it learned of the agreement through the press; upon learning of the agreement, lawyer Celso Vilardi, who defends the company's president, said he would resign from representing the defendant because he had not been consulted about the terms of the plea bargain.
247 - The construction company Camargo Corrêa stated that it did not participate in the plea bargain agreement reached by the company's president, Dalton Avancini, and vice-president, Eduardo Leite. In a statement, the construction company said it learned of the agreement with the courts through the press. Upon learning of the agreement, lawyer Celso Vilardi, who defends the company's president, said he would resign from representing the defendant because he had not been consulted about the terms of the plea bargain.
According to the statement, the company's directors "signed individual collaboration agreements with the Public Prosecutor's Office," suggesting that the executives were pressured into signing the agreement because they were already imprisoned by the Federal Police during Operation Lava Jato, which investigates irregularities at Petrobras.
"The company regrets that they were subjected to a long period of imprisonment before the trial. Although it did not participate in the aforementioned agreement, the company will remain available to the authorities for whatever is necessary and will remedy any irregularities, improving administrative governance to continue contributing to the country's development," the text says.
To be accepted as informants, the executives will have to pay a fine of R$ 5 million each. Dalton Avancini and Eduardo Leite are already facing charges in Federal Court for allegedly paying bribes of R$ 40 million to obtain contracts with the state-owned company.
Upon learning of the agreement signed by his client, lawyer Celso Vilardi, who defends Dalton Avancini, said he will no longer represent his client. "On Monday I will formally withdraw from the defense of Dalton Avancini, transferring this option to lawyer Pierpaulo Botini, who participated in the collaboration agreement with the Justice system. From now on, I will only defend João Ricardo Auler, who did not opt for the plea bargain agreement," Vilardi told the newspaper O Globo.