TCU prosecutor requests investigation into Lava Jato foundation.
The Deputy Attorney General of the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office at the TCU (Federal Court of Accounts), Lucas Rocha Furtado, filed a request for investigation to determine the legality of the agreement reached between Petrobras and Lava Jato for the return of funds due to irregularities within the company, which resulted in the creation of a private law foundation worth R$ 2,5 billion; "There is a possibility that the agreement signed between the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office and Petrobras may cause serious harm to the state-owned company as well as to the federal treasury," says the Deputy Attorney General.
247 - On Tuesday (12), the Deputy Attorney General of the Public Ministry at the Federal Court of Auditors (TCU), Lucas Rocha Furtado, submitted a request for investigation to determine the legality of the agreement reached by Petrobras and the Lava Jato task force for the return of funds due to irregularities within the company that resulted in the creation of a private law foundation worth R$ 2,5 billion.
"There is a possibility that the agreement signed between the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office and Petrobras could cause serious harm to the state-owned company as well as to the federal treasury," says the deputy prosecutor.
The request will be analyzed by the president of the TCU (Federal Court of Accounts), Minister José Mucio Monteiro, and, by all indications, should result in the opening of an investigation, since representations presented by the Public Prosecutor's Office to the Court of Accounts generally lead to investigations.
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Operation Lava Jato reached an unprecedented agreement with Petrobras. Under the agreement, the company paid R$ 2,5 billion in reparations, to be used for social projects managed by a newly established private foundation controlled by the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office of Paraná, in an account linked to the 13th Federal Court of Curitiba, where Sérgio Moro presided.
According to sources, the TCU (Brazilian Federal Court of Accounts) ministers who have already analyzed the case are considering holding the Petrobras executives who authorized the agreement personally responsible, including by freezing their assets.