Moro summons Gabrielli to testify in Lava Jato case.
Federal judge Sérgio Moro, responsible for the Lava Jato Operation cases, summoned former Petrobras president José Sergio Gabrielli this Thursday (19) to testify as a defense witness on March 25, but he will not need to go to Curitiba because he can speak via videoconference; he was listed as a defense witness by two defendants in the Lava Jato Operation: former Petrobras International Director Nestor Cerveró and lobbyist Fernando Soares
Federal judge Sérgio Moro, responsible for the Lava Jato Operation cases, summoned former Petrobras president José Sergio Gabrielli to testify today (19). Gabrielli will testify before the Federal Court as a defense witness on March 25, but will not need to go to Curitiba because he can speak via videoconference.
The former president of the state-owned company was listed as a defense witness by two defendants in Operation Lava Jato: the former International Director of Petrobras, Nestor Cerveró, and the lobbyist Fernando Soares, known as Fernando Baiano. Judge Sérgio Moro's ruling does not explain why the defendants requested Gabrielli's testimony.
Cerveró and Baiano are charged with money laundering and corruption against the financial system. According to the Public Prosecutor's Office, they are accused of receiving bribes between 2006 and 2012. In one case, involving the contracting of drillships by Petrobras for deep-water drilling off the coast of Africa and Mexico, the two allegedly received US$40 million in bribes in 2006 and 2007.