New York - The funds that process Petrobras in New York accused the company of being responsible for one of the biggest fraud in the history of the US capital markets.
With evidence of a corruption scandal "overwhelming and unprecedented," the investors' lawyers delivered documents to the New York court asking the judge overseeing the case, Jed Rakoff, do the summary judgment of some charges against the Brazilian company, claiming that the fraud scheme is incontestable.
Rakoff received between Monday and yesterday, about 50 documents, including the testimony of the former manager of Petrobras Venina Velosa da Fonseca.
The documents were delivered by both funds processing Petrobras as the defendants in the proceedings, including international subsidiaries of the company, banks tended emissions roles and staff, as former presidents Graça Foster and José Sergio Gabrielli.
The judge scheduled a hearing for August 5th in New York, which will precede the trial, scheduled for September 19. Rakoff denied the request of Petrobras to postpone the date.
The funds, through the Office Pomerantz, claim that the statements of former employees of Petrobras and other evidence, such as the company's balance sheets, support the conclusion that the accusations of corruption can no longer disputed.
Lawyers point out that it is not necessary to present more evidence on the guilt or Petrobras take new evidence. According to them, after the judgment of the judge Sergio Moro, several award-winning vigilantism and other "overwhelming evidence" of fraud, the company can no longer deny the scheme.
Other side
Defendants who are part of the funds of lawsuits filed against us in New York, presented a defense of American Justice. The group said that the oil company was the victim of a cartel formed by construction companies, politicians and some employees.
In documents sent to Judge Jed Rakoffm, responsible for the case in New York, former employees say they have no part in the scheme or to have knowledge of irregularities.
In one of the documents, the former financial director, Almir Barbassa, says there is no evidence that he and other defendants knew of the fraud.
Grace Foster mentioned "never accepted bribes" or have "personally benefited" of corruption in the company. PwC, which audited balance sheets and banks that took care of the issue of roles of the state, such as HSBC, JPMorgan, Citibank and BB Securities, also said they were not aware of the irregularities.
The information is the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo.
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