Geddel was Joesley's errand boy in the Temer government.
Money launderer Lucio Funaro, identified as a bribe operator for the PMDB party, stated in his plea bargain testimony to the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office (MPF) that former minister Geddel Vieira Lima frequently met with businessman and fellow informant Joesley Batista, one of the owners of the J&F business group. According to Funaro, on these occasions Joesley would present his demands to the government, which were then forwarded by Geddel, then Minister of the Government Secretariat in Michel Temer's administration.
247 - Money launderer Lucio Funaro, identified as a bribe operator for the PMDB party, stated in his plea bargain testimony to the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office (MPF) that former minister Geddel Vieira Lima frequently met with businessman and fellow informant Joesley Batista, one of the owners of the J&F business group. According to Funaro, on these occasions Joesley would present his demands to the government, which were then forwarded by Geddel, then Minister of the Government Secretariat in Michel Temer's administration.
Geddel and Joesley were arrested by the Federal Police. The former minister was preventively arrested last Friday (8), after federal agents found R$ 51 million packed in suitcases and boxes stored in an apartment in Salvador linked to him.
Joesley was temporarily arrested last Sunday (10), after presenting himself to the Federal Police in São Paulo. The businessman's arrest took place a few days after the Attorney General's Office identified omissions in his plea bargain agreement.
The statements and evidence obtained from Funaro's testimony resulted in the Federal Police's final report on the so-called "PMDB gang," a criminal organization formed by members of the PMDB party in the Chamber of Deputies. According to the report, Michel Temer allegedly received R$ 31,5 million from the scheme.