Money launderer will make a "full confession" in his plea bargain.
After former Petrobras director Paulo Roberto Costa, money launderer Alberto Youssef, arrested in Operation Lava Jato, will begin giving depositions this week, according to his lawyer, Antonio Figueiredo Basto; "A collaboration agreement presupposes a full confession of the facts, answering all the questions asked, and the responsibility to cooperate with the Justice system," he announces; "The other people (named by Youssef) will have the right to defend themselves," he adds; names of construction companies are expected to surface in a new wave of accusations; the lawyer assures that he has not been contacted by any of the investigated parties.
247 - The plea bargain of money launderer Alberto Youssef, arrested since March 17 as part of the Federal Police's Operation Lava Jato, will consist of a "total confession of the facts," stated his lawyer, Antonio Figueiredo Basto.
"A collaboration agreement presupposes a full confession of the facts, answering all questions asked, and a responsibility to cooperate with the Justice system," he said, according to... reporter From journalist Fausto Macedo, of Estadão: "The other people (named by Youssef) will have the right to defend themselves," he added.
The new wave of accusations, following the plea bargain of former Petrobras director Paulo Roberto Costa, begins this week with Youssef's testimony and is expected to involve several construction companies. The lawyer assures that he has not been contacted by any of them, nor by any of the investigated parties, to try to dissuade him from making the plea bargain.
"Those who know me know that I am a lawyer of convictions. Anyone who approaches me with that kind of intention will be wasting their time. Everyone has good lawyers to defend themselves. The truth is that there are many people making underhanded maneuvers behind the scenes. There are many more people negotiating, but they don't have the courage to admit it," said Basto.
Despite disagreeing, the lawyer states that he "respects" his client's decision to cooperate with the investigation. "When you see the man behind bars, 22 kilos lighter, with a history of two cardiac arrests (before being arrested) and a third cardiac arrest while in prison, you have to respect his attitude. I respect it," he declared.