Youssef requests judicial pardon in Lava Jato case.
Money launderer Alberto Youssef, one of the main informants in Operation Lava Jato, has requested judicial pardon in one of the eleven criminal cases in which he is accused of laundering R$ 1,16 million from former congressman José Janene (PP-PR), who died in 2010, during Criminal Action 470, better known as the mensalão scandal; the defense is requesting the pardon because "his collaboration has been effective with relevant results for the elucidation of the facts in this and other criminal actions"; the decision to accept or reject the request made by the money launderer's defense will be up to federal judge Sérgio Moro.
247 - Money launderer Alberto Youssef, one of the main informants in Operation Lava Jato, has requested judicial pardon in one of the eleven criminal cases in which he is accused of laundering R$ 1,16 million from former congressman José Janene (PP-PR), who died in 2010, during Criminal Action 470, better known as the mensalão scandal. The decision to accept or reject the request made by the money launderer's defense will be up to federal judge Sérgio Moro.
The request for judicial pardon was made in the final arguments of the case. Attorney Antonio Figueiredo Basto, who defends Youssef, requests that the charges be dismissed. If this is not the case, the defense requests a pardon based on "his effective collaboration with relevant results for the elucidation of the facts in this and other criminal proceedings," the text states.
Money launderer Alberto Yousseff signed a plea bargain agreement with the Justice Department after being arrested in the Federal Police's Operation Lava Jato, which is investigating a corruption scheme at Petrobras. In addition to Yousseff, the former director of Supply at the state-owned company, Paulo Roberto Costa, who also signed a plea bargain agreement, requested judicial pardon in another Lava Jato case.