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Criminal cases against Jorge Zelada

Body
13th Federal Court of Curitiba
Subject
Passive corruption and money laundering (12 years and 2 months on February 1, 2016) and bid rigging (4 years, Rio de Janeiro state court).
Status as of October 24, 2026: Sentence extinguished by Christmas pardon (2019) and acquittal in one case (May 2024), according to the entry; other cases: not found.
Sources (1)

According to the entry, the Christmas pardon extinguished Zelada's sentence (released in June 2019; the TRF4 ruled that the fine remained) and, in May 2024, he was acquitted in one of the corruption cases.

News reportSingle source

Source: Jorge Zelada (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · Situation section · open original ↗

Parties and roles

  • Jorge Zelada — defendant (since July 2, 2015)
    Sources (1)

    Jorge Zelada was director of Petrobras's International area from 2008 to 2012, successor to Nestor Cerveró; he was arrested on July 2, 2015 (15th phase, Monaco Connection); convicted on January 12, 2016 to 4 years (Rio de Janeiro state court, bid rigging) and on February 1, 2016 to 12 years and 2 months (Paraná federal court; the reference title attributes it to Moro).

    Judicial or administrative decisionSingle source

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

Case history

  1. Conviction to 4 years (Rio de Janeiro state court).

    Sources (1)

    Jorge Zelada was director of Petrobras's International area from 2008 to 2012, successor to Nestor Cerveró; he was arrested on July 2, 2015 (15th phase, Monaco Connection); convicted on January 12, 2016 to 4 years (Rio de Janeiro state court, bid rigging) and on February 1, 2016 to 12 years and 2 months (Paraná federal court; the reference title attributes it to Moro).

    Judicial or administrative decisionSingle source

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

  2. Conviction to 12 years and 2 months.

    Sources (1)

    Jorge Zelada was director of Petrobras's International area from 2008 to 2012, successor to Nestor Cerveró; he was arrested on July 2, 2015 (15th phase, Monaco Connection); convicted on January 12, 2016 to 4 years (Rio de Janeiro state court, bid rigging) and on February 1, 2016 to 12 years and 2 months (Paraná federal court; the reference title attributes it to Moro).

    Judicial or administrative decisionSingle source

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

  3. Released; Christmas pardon extinguished the sentence (fine upheld by the TRF4).

    Sources (1)

    According to the entry, the Christmas pardon extinguished Zelada's sentence (released in June 2019; the TRF4 ruled that the fine remained) and, in May 2024, he was acquitted in one of the corruption cases.

    News reportSingle source

    Source: Jorge Zelada (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · Situation section · open original ↗

  4. Acquitted in one corruption case.

    Sources (1)

    According to the entry, the Christmas pardon extinguished Zelada's sentence (released in June 2019; the TRF4 ruled that the fine remained) and, in May 2024, he was acquitted in one of the corruption cases.

    News reportSingle source

    Source: Jorge Zelada (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · Situation section · open original ↗