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João Vaccari Neto
Former PT treasurer, former president of Bancoop. Arrested on April 15, 2015; convicted at first instance in 2015 (15 years and 4 months), in 2016 (6 years and 8 months, Schahin case) and on February 19, 2020 (7 years, 6 months and 20 days); the TRF4 acquitted him on June 27, 2017 in the first; acquitted in the Bancoop case (2016, upheld in 2019); Christmas pardon recognized on August 29, 2019. Current status of the remaining cases: not found on October 24, 2026.
Being in this archive does not mean having committed any wrongdoing. Procedural status: see each case and episode, with date.
Positions and roles
- Treasurer (Secretary of Finance and Planning) of the PT · Workers' Party
Sources (1)
João Vaccari Neto was the PT's Secretary of Finance and Planning (treasurer), president of Bancoop, second alternate senator for São Paulo elected in 2002, and a board member of Itaipu Binacional (removed by Dilma Rousseff in January 2015).
News reportSingle sourceSource: João Vaccari Neto (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Offices · open original ↗
Cases
- Lava Jato criminal cases against João Vaccari Neto — defendant · status as of Oct. 24, 2026: 2016 and 2020 convictions: later status not found on October 24, 2026. Acquitted in the Bancoop case (2016, upheld in 2019) and, by the TRF4, in the 15-year conviction (2017).
Documented links
- 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.
Sources (1)
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.
Judicial or administrative decisionSingle sourceSource: João Vaccari Neto (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Acquittals · open original ↗
- Rodrigo Janot indicted João Vaccari Neto: In September 2017 Janot indicted Vaccari before the STF for criminal organization; the entry does not report an STF decision on the indictment.
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On August 29, 2019, Judge Ronaldo Sansone Guerra, of the 1st Criminal Enforcement Court of Curitiba, granted Vaccari the Christmas pardon decreed by Temer in December 2017; in September 2017, Rodrigo Janot indicted him before the STF for criminal organization.
News reportSingle sourceSource: João Vaccari Neto (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · Pardon and STF sections · open original ↗
- João Vaccari Neto was a member of Workers' Party: Secretary of Finance and Planning (treasurer) of the PT; dates of the post not stated.
Sources (1)
João Vaccari Neto was the PT's Secretary of Finance and Planning (treasurer), president of Bancoop, second alternate senator for São Paulo elected in 2002, and a board member of Itaipu Binacional (removed by Dilma Rousseff in January 2015).
News reportSingle sourceSource: João Vaccari Neto (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Offices · open original ↗
Evidence mentioning João Vaccari Neto
João Vaccari Neto was the PT's Secretary of Finance and Planning (treasurer), president of Bancoop, second alternate senator for São Paulo elected in 2002, and a board member of Itaipu Binacional (removed by Dilma Rousseff in January 2015).
Source: João Vaccari Neto (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Offices · open original ↗
Vaccari was arrested by the PF on April 15, 2015 (12th phase of Lava Jato) and stayed in the Complexo Médico Penal (Pinhais, Paraná) until September 2019, when he moved to the semi-open regime with an ankle monitor.
Source: João Vaccari Neto (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Arrest · open original ↗
The entry lists first-instance convictions of Vaccari in Lava Jato: 15 years and 4 months (dated June 22, 2015 or September 21, 2015, depending on the section); 6 years and 8 months on September 15, 2016 (Banco Schahin loan to the PT; the reference title attributes it to Moro); and 7 years, 6 months and 20 days on February 19, 2020 (drillship contracts).
Source: João Vaccari Neto (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.
Source: João Vaccari Neto (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Acquittals · open original ↗
On August 29, 2019, Judge Ronaldo Sansone Guerra, of the 1st Criminal Enforcement Court of Curitiba, granted Vaccari the Christmas pardon decreed by Temer in December 2017; in September 2017, Rodrigo Janot indicted him before the STF for criminal organization.
Source: João Vaccari Neto (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · Pardon and STF sections · open original ↗

