Former PP treasurer arrested in Lava Jato operation.
Former PP treasurer João Claudio Genu is in the Papuda Penitentiary Complex in Brasília, serving a sentence of 9 years and 4 months; when sentencing the former treasurer, Sérgio Moro wrote in the sentence that "the bribe paid to João Cláudio de Carvalho Genu was at least R$ 3.120.000,00".
247 - Judge Gabriela Hardt, of the 13th Federal Court of Curitiba, ordered the arrest of former PP treasurer João Claudio Genu. According to Globo, he surrendered to the police this Monday (21) and is in the Papuda Penitentiary Complex, in Brasília, to serve a sentence of 9 years and 4 months.
Initially, federal judge Sérgio Moro had sentenced Genu to 8 years and 8 months in prison for passive corruption and criminal association. The former PP advisor appealed to the Federal Regional Court of the Fourth Region, based in Porto Alegre, which increased the sentence.
In sentencing the former treasurer, Moro wrote in the sentence that "the bribe paid to João Cláudio de Carvalho Genu was at least R$ 3.120.000,00". According to Moro, the undue advantage was agreed upon in contracts between Petrobras and the Petrobras Supply Directorate.
In her decision, Judge Gabriela Hardt states: "In cases of serious crimes, including corruption and money laundering, where the proceeds of crime are not recovered, execution after conviction in the second instance is necessary, otherwise it would lead to endless trials and, in practice, impunity for serious criminal conduct."