Operation Lava Jato in São Paulo intensifies its persecution and targets Lula's relatives.
Operation Lava Jato will shift the focus of its actions in São Paulo, which until now have been concentrated on Paulo Vieira de Souza, an operator for the PSDB party, and will target relatives of former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. According to the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo, in addition to investigating cases of embezzlement of public funds in São Paulo's subway construction projects, the task force will focus on investigations into payments to one of Lula's sons and a brother.
247 - Operation Lava Jato will shift the focus of its actions in São Paulo, which until now have been concentrated on Paulo Vieira de Souza, an operative for the PSDB party, and will target relatives of former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
According to the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo, in addition to investigating cases of embezzlement of public funds in São Paulo's subway construction projects, the task force will also focus on investigations into alleged payments to one of former President Lula's sons and a brother.
According to the newspaper, "his son Luís Cláudio, and Lula himself, have already been indicted by the Federal Police on suspicion of money laundering and influence peddling for payments to the sports marketing company Touchdown."
"According to the Federal Police - reports Folha de S.Paulo - Touchdown, which belongs to Luís Cláudio, received more than R$ 10 million from major sponsors, even though it had a share capital of R$ 1."
"The other investigation involving Lula concerns the payment of a monthly allowance from Odebrecht to José Ferreira da Silva, known as Frei Chico, the former president's brother. According to an informant, Lula himself made this request."
Lula and his son Luiz Claudio's defense team claim that the investigations are based on false testimonies from informants.