Former PP treasurer convicted in Lava Jato corruption scandal.
Former aide to congressman José Janene, João Cláudio Genu was sentenced this Friday (2) to eight years and eight months in prison by Operation Lava-Jato; he is accused of having received at least R$ 4,3 million in bribes from Petrobras, in addition to amounts in dollars and euros; Genu is imprisoned in Curitiba; Judge Sergio Moro states that there is evidence “beyond any reasonable doubt”
247 - Former advisor to congressman José Janene and former treasurer of the PP, João Cláudio Genu was sentenced this Friday (2) to eight years and eight months in prison by Operation Lava-Jato. He is accused of having received at least R$ 4,3 million in bribes from Petrobras, in addition to amounts in dollars and euros.
Genu, who is imprisoned in Curitiba, also operated the scheme along with money launderer Alberto Youssef, after the death of Janene — one of the leaders of the PP party and who held the nomination for the Supply Directorate of the state-owned company. Judge Sergio Moro states that there is evidence “beyond any reasonable doubt.” “João Cláudio Genu, as he himself confesses, had full knowledge of the bribes paid by Petrobras' supplier companies to Paulo Roberto Costa and political agents, including federal parliamentarians, from the Progressive Party, but even so, he agreed to mediate payments, in addition to receiving a share for his own benefit,” the judge stated.