Overview

• The 15th Public Treasury Court in Rio found Sérgio Cabral, Luiz Fernando Pezão, and ex-secretary Hudson Braga liable for administrative improbity involving off-the-books electoral funding.
• Ordered payments exceed R$4 billion in total, with Cabral owing more than R$2.5 billion, Pezão more than R$1.4 billion, and Braga more than R$35 million.
• The judgment details irregular benefits to Fetranspor attributed to Cabral and an unlawful FUNDES financing for Grupo Petrópolis attributed to Pezão, the latter linked to illicit Odebrecht donations worth R$1.374 billion.
• Sanctions include suspensions of political rights (Cabral 10 years, Pezão 9, Braga 8), fines for disguised Odebrecht donations (R$15.6 million each), J&F-linked penalties (Pezão R$15 million; Cabral R$30 million), and collective moral damages (Cabral R$25 million; Pezão R$10 million).
• The case relied on documents, witness statements, and plea bargains assembled by the Rio prosecutor’s office, and the defendants retain the right to appeal.