Federal Regional Court of the 4th Region (TRF4)

Second-instance court of the Federal Judiciary for PR, SC and RS, seated in Porto Alegre, with 39 appellate judges. Its 8th Panel judged the Lava Jato appeals (rapporteur: Gebran Neto).

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R$400.0 million — Asset freeze against 18 defendants in an improbity lawsuit (Torre Pituba) (Frozen, Apr. 2, 2020)

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TRF4 judged Eduardo Cunha: TRF4 upheld the 2017 conviction on March 26, 2018 (14 years and 6 months) and revoked the detention on April 28, 2021.
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On March 30, 2017, Moro convicted Cunha to 15 years and 4 months (passive corruption, money laundering and illegal currency transfers abroad); on March 26, 2018 the TRF4 denied motions for clarification and upheld the conviction (sentence of 14 years and 6 months, according to the title of a report cited by the entry).
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Source: Eduardo Cunha (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Convictions and references · open original ↗
Cunha was arrested in pretrial detention by the PF on October 19, 2016, in Brasília, by order of judge Sergio Moro; new warrant on May 18, 2017 after the plea agreement of JBS executives; in March 2020 the pretrial detention was replaced by house arrest (Covid-19); on April 28, 2021 the TRF4 revoked the arrest by habeas corpus.
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Source: Eduardo Cunha (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Arrests · open original ↗
TRF4 judged Sérgio Cabral: TRF4 upheld on May 30, 2018 Cabral's first conviction in Lava Jato (Comperj).
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The entry lists Cabral's convictions: 14 years and 2 months (June 13, 2017, Moro, Comperj; upheld by the TRF4 on May 30, 2018); 45 years and 2 months (September 20, 2017, Marcelo Bretas, Calicute); 13 years (October 20, 2017, Mascate); and others, up to 17 years, 7 months and 9 days (May 31, 2022, Odebrecht bribes). The infobox cites 425 years and 20 days in 23 convictions; the body text speaks of more than 435 years in 24 convictions.
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Source: Sérgio Cabral Filho (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Convictions · open original ↗
TRF4 judged Renato Duque: The Eighth Panel of the TRF4 upheld and increased to 28 years, 5 months and 10 days the sentence in the Andrade Gutierrez case (September 12 or 13, 2018).
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The entry lists Duque's convictions: 20 years, 3 months and 10 days (March 8, 2016); 10 years and 8 months (August 2017, Andrade Gutierrez contracts), raised by the TRF4 (8th Panel) to 28 years, 5 months and 10 days on September 12 or 13, 2018; 6 years and 8 months by judge Gabriela Hardt (November 19, 2018); and 29 years and 2 months by the Federal Court in Curitiba on April 22, 2025 (fraud of R$525 million in contracts, Multitek Engenharia).
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Source: Renato Duque (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Convictions · open original ↗
TRF4 annulled a decision by João Vaccari Neto: On June 27, 2017 the TRF4 reformed the 15-year first-instance conviction and acquitted Vaccari in that case.
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The TRF4 annulled on June 27, 2017 the 15-year conviction imposed at first instance and acquitted Vaccari in that case; in the Bancoop case he was acquitted in November 2016 (5th Criminal Court of SP), an acquittal upheld by the TJ-SP (16th Chamber) in February 2019.
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Source: João Vaccari Neto (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Acquittals · open original ↗
TRF4 relationship with Antonio Palocci: The TRF4 approved, in June 2018, Palocci's cooperation agreement with the PF.
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Palocci signed a cooperation agreement with the PF in April 2018, which the TRF4 approved in June 2018; a proposal made to the MPF in 2017 did not advance.
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Source: Antonio Palocci (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Plea agreement · open original ↗
Teori Zavascki worked for TRF4: Appellate judge (desembargador) at the TRF4 since March 30, 1989 and its president from June 21, 2001 to May 7, 2003.
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Teori Zavascki was a TRF4 appeals judge (took office on March 30, 1989; presided over the court from June 21, 2001 to May 7, 2003), STJ justice from May 8, 2003 to November 29, 2012 and STF justice from November 29, 2012 to January 19, 2017, when he died in a plane crash near Paraty (RJ); he was the Lava Jato rapporteur at the STF.
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Source: Teori Zavascki (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Career and Death · open original ↗
Gebran Neto worked for TRF4: Federal appellate judge (desembargador) at the TRF4 since November 16, 2013 (Eighth Panel).
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João Pedro Gebran Neto was a federal judge from 1993 to 2013 and has been a federal appeals judge (desembargador) at the TRF4 since November 16, 2013; he sits on the 8th Panel and was the designated rapporteur for Lava Jato at the court in July 2018.
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Source: João Pedro Gebran Neto (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Offices · open original ↗

Evidence

In an improbity action (Torre Pituba), the unavailability of assets of 18 defendants, "more than R$400 million", and more than R$18 million of the PT (party fund preserved) was ordered; the freeze stands until the total is located.

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Source: Réus da Operação Lava Jato têm mais de R$ 400 milhões em bens bloqueados — TRF4, Apr. 2, 2020 · text of the TRF4 news item, April 2, 2020 (decision of the 1st Federal Court of Curitiba) · open original ↗

The TRF-4 Special Court closed, by 13 votes to 1, on September 22, 2016, the complaint by a group of 19 lawyers (according to Conjur) against Moro over the release of the conversation between Dilma and Lula; the rapporteur, Rômulo Pizzolatti, found Lava Jato to be an 'unprecedented' case in Brazilian law and saw no sign of a disciplinary violation; Rogério Favreto dissented.

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Source: Lava jato não precisa seguir regras de casos comuns, diz TRF-4 — Consultor Jurídico, Sept. 23, 2016 · body of the article · open original ↗

In an article of September 26, 2024 (session date not provided), the TRF-4 Twelfth Panel denied the Union's appeal and upheld the first-instance judgment (case 5033048-90.2022.4.04.7000) that had annulled the decision of the TCU Second Chamber, for lack of legal basis for Dallagnol's summons; the report says responsibility for the per diem model lay with other officials.

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Source: TRF-4 anula decisão do TCU contra Dallagnol por despesas da Lava Jato — Migalhas, Sept. 26, 2024 · body of the article · open original ↗

According to the entry, Moro convicted Lula in 2017 to 9 years and 6 months (passive corruption and money laundering; OAS bribe of R$2.2 million) and the TRF4 unanimously upheld the conviction, raising the sentence to 12 years and 1 month in early 2018.

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Source: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Lava Jato (no exact date in the excerpt) · open original ↗

Cunha was arrested in pretrial detention by the PF on October 19, 2016, in Brasília, by order of judge Sergio Moro; new warrant on May 18, 2017 after the plea agreement of JBS executives; in March 2020 the pretrial detention was replaced by house arrest (Covid-19); on April 28, 2021 the TRF4 revoked the arrest by habeas corpus.

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

On March 30, 2017, Moro convicted Cunha to 15 years and 4 months (passive corruption, money laundering and illegal currency transfers abroad); on March 26, 2018 the TRF4 denied motions for clarification and upheld the conviction (sentence of 14 years and 6 months, according to the title of a report cited by the entry).

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Source: Eduardo Cunha (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Convictions and references · open original ↗

The entry lists Cabral's convictions: 14 years and 2 months (June 13, 2017, Moro, Comperj; upheld by the TRF4 on May 30, 2018); 45 years and 2 months (September 20, 2017, Marcelo Bretas, Calicute); 13 years (October 20, 2017, Mascate); and others, up to 17 years, 7 months and 9 days (May 31, 2022, Odebrecht bribes). The infobox cites 425 years and 20 days in 23 convictions; the body text speaks of more than 435 years in 24 convictions.

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Source: Sérgio Cabral Filho (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Convictions · open original ↗

On September 13, 2017, the TRF4 rapporteur, João Pedro Gebran Neto, voted for 41 years, 4 months and 15 days; Leandro Paulsen voted for 27 years; a request for review by Victor Laus postponed the decision. On May 17, 2018, the TRF4 unanimously denied the last appeal; Dirceu turned himself in the next day.

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Source: José Dirceu (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section TRF4 · open original ↗

The entry lists Duque's convictions: 20 years, 3 months and 10 days (March 8, 2016); 10 years and 8 months (August 2017, Andrade Gutierrez contracts), raised by the TRF4 (8th Panel) to 28 years, 5 months and 10 days on September 12 or 13, 2018; 6 years and 8 months by judge Gabriela Hardt (November 19, 2018); and 29 years and 2 months by the Federal Court in Curitiba on April 22, 2025 (fraud of R$525 million in contracts, Multitek Engenharia).

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

The TRF4 annulled on June 27, 2017 the 15-year conviction imposed at first instance and acquitted Vaccari in that case; in the Bancoop case he was acquitted in November 2016 (5th Criminal Court of SP), an acquittal upheld by the TJ-SP (16th Chamber) in February 2019.

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Source: João Vaccari Neto (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Acquittals · open original ↗

Palocci signed a cooperation agreement with the PF in April 2018, which the TRF4 approved in June 2018; a proposal made to the MPF in 2017 did not advance.

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Source: Antonio Palocci (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Plea agreement · open original ↗

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.

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

Cerveró was arrested on January 14, 2015; convicted on May 26, 2015 to 5 years (money laundering, Ipanema apartment) and on August 17, 2015 to 12 years, 3 months and 10 days (with Fernando Baiano and Júlio Camargo, drillships; attributed to Moro); on November 30, 2016 the TRF4, with Gebran Neto as rapporteur, raised the sentence to 27 years and 4 months.

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

On February 28, 2019, Hardt released a revised version of the Atibaia sentence, after the defense alleged copying of Moro's sentence; in November 2019 the TRF4 annulled a sentence of hers against members of an Oscip over passages copied without attribution.

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

On April 15, 2024, the National Inspector of Justice, Luis Felipe Salomão, provisionally removed Hardt and three TRF4 appeals judges; on April 16, 2024 the CNJ full body suspended the removal and she returned to office; the entry indicates a later closing of the case (reference from July 2024).

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

João Pedro Gebran Neto was a federal judge from 1993 to 2013 and has been a federal appeals judge (desembargador) at the TRF4 since November 16, 2013; he sits on the 8th Panel and was the designated rapporteur for Lava Jato at the court in July 2018.

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Source: João Pedro Gebran Neto (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Offices · open original ↗

The entry records decisions by Gebran Neto: he denied habeas corpus to Marcelo Odebrecht (August 2015), Paulo Okamotto (September 2016) and Eduardo Cunha (October 2016); on July 8, 2018 he took over the habeas corpus on Lula's release and kept him in prison; on August 11, 2018 Veja reported that he had admitted to friends having ignored the law, and the TRF4 released a note contesting the report.

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Source: João Pedro Gebran Neto (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Decisions · open original ↗

Teori Zavascki was a TRF4 appeals judge (took office on March 30, 1989; presided over the court from June 21, 2001 to May 7, 2003), STJ justice from May 8, 2003 to November 29, 2012 and STF justice from November 29, 2012 to January 19, 2017, when he died in a plane crash near Paraty (RJ); he was the Lava Jato rapporteur at the STF.

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Source: Teori Zavascki (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Career and Death · open original ↗

The TRF4 is the second-instance court of the Federal Judiciary for Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, headquartered in Porto Alegre, with 39 appeals judges; its headquarters was inaugurated on March 30, 1989.

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Source: Tribunal Regional Federal da 4.ª Região (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · lead · open original ↗