Lava Jato criminal cases against Paulo Roberto Costa

Parties and roles

• Paulo Roberto Costa — defendant/cooperating witness (since Mar. 2014)
  Sources (1)

  Costa was arrested by the PF in March 2014 (day not confirmed); began testifying to the PF on September 5, 2014 and entered into a cooperation agreement; he was sentenced to 12 years in a closed regime for money laundering with Youssef and Camargo Corrêa executives (report of July 20, 2015), initially serving at home and, since October 2016, in a semi-open regime; in February 2017 the MPF asked Moro to suspend his benefits on the argument that he had lied in the cooperation.

  News reportSingle source

  Source: Paulo Roberto Costa (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · text and references · open original ↗

Case history

1. Sept. 5, 2014

   Began testifying to the PF and cooperating.

   Sources (1)

   Costa was arrested by the PF in March 2014 (day not confirmed); began testifying to the PF on September 5, 2014 and entered into a cooperation agreement; he was sentenced to 12 years in a closed regime for money laundering with Youssef and Camargo Corrêa executives (report of July 20, 2015), initially serving at home and, since October 2016, in a semi-open regime; in February 2017 the MPF asked Moro to suspend his benefits on the argument that he had lied in the cooperation.

   News reportSingle source

   Source: Paulo Roberto Costa (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · text and references · open original ↗

2. July 20, 2015

   Convicted to 12 years in the closed regime (report of July 20, 2015).

   Sources (1)

   Costa was arrested by the PF in March 2014 (day not confirmed); began testifying to the PF on September 5, 2014 and entered into a cooperation agreement; he was sentenced to 12 years in a closed regime for money laundering with Youssef and Camargo Corrêa executives (report of July 20, 2015), initially serving at home and, since October 2016, in a semi-open regime; in February 2017 the MPF asked Moro to suspend his benefits on the argument that he had lied in the cooperation.

   News reportSingle source

   Source: Paulo Roberto Costa (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · text and references · open original ↗

3. Feb. 2017

   MPF asked Moro to suspend the benefits.

   Sources (1)

   Costa was arrested by the PF in March 2014 (day not confirmed); began testifying to the PF on September 5, 2014 and entered into a cooperation agreement; he was sentenced to 12 years in a closed regime for money laundering with Youssef and Camargo Corrêa executives (report of July 20, 2015), initially serving at home and, since October 2016, in a semi-open regime; in February 2017 the MPF asked Moro to suspend his benefits on the argument that he had lied in the cooperation.

   News reportSingle source

   Source: Paulo Roberto Costa (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · text and references · open original ↗

4. Aug. 13, 2022

   Death.

   Sources (1)

   Paulo Roberto Costa died on August 13, 2022, in Rio de Janeiro, aged 68, of pancreatic cancer.

   News reportSeveral independent sources

   Source: Paulo Roberto Costa (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Death · open original ↗