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Operation Car Wash Targets Fraud in Petrobras Ship Contracts and Executes 25 Search and Seizure Warrants in Rio de Janeiro (RJ), São Paulo (SP), and Sergipe
Operation Car Wash targets fraud in the billion-dollar contracting process by Petrobras for the supply of pipe-laying support vessels (PLSV) by companies from the Seadrill Groups. On September 10, Petrobras issued a statement saying it supports the Operation Car Wash investigation regarding a fraud involving R$ 100 million in currency exchange operations contracted by the state-owned company.
Read Other Operation Car Wash Warrants That Occurred This Year
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- Techint Construction Company is Accused by Operation Car Wash of Corruption Practices in Petrobras
This Wednesday (09/23), the Federal Police executed 25 search and seizure warrants, being twenty-two in Rio de Janeiro, one in São Paulo, and two in Sergipe.
The operation called Boeman is the 75th phase of Operation Car Wash and investigates contracts signed by Seadrill Group companies with Petrobras. The crimes investigated in the operation are corruption and money laundering.
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The current phase investigates whether the shipping company Sapura (which in Brazil is a joint venture of Sapura Energy from Malaysia and the Seadrill Group) paid US$ 40 million in bribes for a US$ 2.7 billion contract with Petrobras involving the supply of three PLSV pipe-laying vessels – designed to operate offshore in waters up to 3,000 meters deep.
According to the Federal Public Ministry (MPF), the contract was signed in 2011 for the construction and subsequent use under a chartering regime of the vessels for eight years and is still in effect today.
The investigation received collaboration from authorities in the Netherlands, which uncovered irregularities in the supply of pipe-laying vessels. The MPF stated that the case prompted independent investigations, “which led to requests for searches by Dutch authorities also executed by the warrants carried out on this date.”
According to the Federal Police, the winning foreign companies in the bidding subsequently subcontracted a Dutch company for the execution of the service, represented by one of the Brazilian businessmen under investigation, who, due to illicit agreements, also made illegal payments to those involved.
Statement from Petrobras and Seadrill
In a statement, Petrobras said it has been collaborating with investigations since 2014 and acts as a co-author with the Federal Public Ministry and the Union in 18 ongoing administrative impropriety actions, as well as being an assistant in 71 criminal actions.
“It is worth noting that Petrobras has already received more than R$ 4.6 billion in reimbursements, including amounts repatriated from Switzerland by Brazilian public authorities,” the statement reads.
Meanwhile, Sapura stated that it “has made itself available” for the investigation. “So far, however, the company has not had access to information regarding the content of the investigations that triggered the operation and will remain available to the authorities to provide any necessary clarifications,” it stated in the note.
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