The former governor of Parana, Beto Richa arrested | Paraná

There is still no information on the location of the prison.

Dirceu Pupo Ferreria, accountant of the former First Lady Fernanda Richa, is also the subject of pre-trial detention.

Prison sentences were handed down by Judge Paulo Sérgio Ribeiro of the 23rd Federal Court of Curitiba. The request was made by the Federal Public Prosecutor (MPF) as part of the Integration operation, which was a phase of Lava Jato and was intended to investigate the concession of highways in Paraná .

An investigation is opened into Beto Richa for crimes of corruption, money laundering and criminal badociation.

G1 attempts to contact the defense of the former governor and Dirceu Pupo Ferreira.

Last year, Beto Richa was arrested by the Special Action Group Against Organized Crime (Gaeco) in Curitiba

On September 11, he was the target of two operations: l & rsquo; Conducted by the Prosecutor General of Paraná (MP-PR), for which he was arrested, as well as another member of the Federal Police (PF), at a stage of Lava Jato , during which he was searched and seized.

Fernanda Richa and Deonilson Roldo, former chief of staff of the former governor, and 12 other people who were the subject of an investigation were arrested on suspicion of having participated in a program of excessive billing of rural road maintenance contracts for the payment of bribes to public officials.

Gaeco's investigation focused on the government's Patrol of the Countryside program, which maintains rural roads. The operation called "Radio Patrol".

According to the MP-PR, the payment of bribes to public officials, calls for bids, money laundering and money laundering. obstruction of justice has been determined.

Four days later, Beto Richa was released as a result of a decision by Federal Supreme Court Minister Gilmar Mendes.