Kennedy: Costa and Youssef's sentences should encourage plea bargains.
"Political reading: crime doesn't pay, but informing does," states columnist Kennedy Alencar; informants Paulo Roberto Costa and Alberto Youssef benefited from more lenient prison sentences for contributing to the investigations.
247 – According to columnist Kennedy Alencar, the first court ruling in Operation Lava Jato should encourage other prisoners and those under investigation to make plea bargains. Informants Paulo Roberto Costa and Alberto Youssef benefited from more lenient sentences for contributing to the investigations. "Political interpretation: crime doesn't pay, but plea bargaining does," he says.
Federal judge Sérgio Moro sentenced the former director of Supply at Petrobras, Paulo Roberto Costa, to 7 years and 6 months in prison under a semi-open regime. However, he will remain under house arrest until October 2016, when he will begin serving the remainder of his sentence under an open regime.
Youssef's sentences total nine years and two months in prison under a closed regime. However, the money launderer will be eligible for an open regime in 2018 (read more). here).