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The OAS triplex Court orders OAS repaid the money for the triplex pinned on Lula
The apartment Lava Jato used to convict Lula is registered to the construction firm OAS[1]. A federal court ordered the R$2.42 million from the auction returned to the company.
Jul 12, 2017 · 13th Federal Court of Curitiba
Judge Sergio Moro convicts Lula and sentences him to 9 years and 6 months in prison for passive corruption and money laundering, in the triplex case[2].
Jan 24, 2018 · TRF-4
By 3 to 0, the court upholds the conviction and raises the sentence to 12 years and 1 month[3].
Apr 7, 2018 · Federal Police
Lula is jailed at the Federal Police headquarters in Curitiba[4].
Nov 8, 2019 · Federal court
Lula is released after 580 days in prison, a day after an STF ruling[4].
Mar 8, 2021 · STF
Justice Edson Fachin rules that the Curitiba court had no jurisdiction, annuls the convictions and orders the case restarted in federal court in the Federal District[5].
Jun 23, 2021 · STF
By 7 to 4, the full court upholds the Second Panel's March ruling that Sergio Moro was biased (suspeito) in the triplex case[6].
Jan 27, 2022 · 12th Federal Court of the DF
At prosecutors' request, the judge closes the case because the statute of limitations expired[7].
Nov 9, 2026 · 12th Federal Court of the DF
Judge Marcelo Gentil Monteiro orders more than R$2.42 million from the triplex auction returned to OAS[1].
The decision
The triplex is registered to OAS
On November 9, 2026, judge Marcelo Gentil Monteiro, of the 12th Federal Court of the Federal District, ordered more than R$2.42 million returned to OAS[1]. It is the money from the auction of the Guarujá triplex, sold in 2018 for R$2.2 million and adjusted for inflation since.
The judge recognized that the property is registered to OAS Empreendimentos. Federal prosecutors (MPF) agreed to the repayment[1]. The decision is not a new trial of the charges against Lula: the criminal case had already ended.
That apartment is what Lava Jato used to convict Lula[2]. Because of that conviction, he spent 580 days in prison[4].
The case
The conviction was annulled and the case closed
In 2021, the STF ruled that the Curitiba court had no jurisdiction over the case and annulled the convictions[5]. That same year, it ruled that Sergio Moro was biased (suspeito, under Brazilian law): for the court, the judge was not impartial[6].
The case restarted in Brasília, but was closed in January 2022 because the statute of limitations expired, the deadline to try it. The judge wrote that it expired "as a result of the annulment ordered by the Supreme Court"[7]. Lula was not tried again: the conviction ceased to exist.
Opinion
For Lava Jato's critics, the farce has collapsed
After the decision, journalist Reinaldo Azevedo wrote in Metrópoles that "Sergio Moro's ruling never presented proof that the triplex was Lula's"[8]. The column's title speaks of "Moro's farce and Lula's conviction without evidence".
In 2021, STF justice Gilmar Mendes said his vote on Moro "lays out the rise and workings of the biggest judicial scandal in our history"[9].
In the same trial, then-justice Ricardo Lewandowski said: "It is baffling that, at any cost, this and other cases are taken to Curitiba"[10].
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Referências10 sources
- 01Plox (com Folha de S.Paulo e Rádio Itatiaia) · Justiça Federal de Brasília manda devolver R$ 2,42 milhões à OAS por leilão de tríplexJudge, court, amount, registration to OAS, the MPF's opinion, the 2018 auction and that it is not a new trial(opens in a new tab)
- 02Congresso em Foco · Juiz Sérgio Moro condena ex-presidente Lula a 9 anos e 6 meses de prisãoMoro's ruling, sentence and crimes, tied to the triplex(opens in a new tab)
- 03Monitor Mercantil · Por 3 a 0, desembargadores do TRF4 mantêm condenação de Lula no caso triplexTRF-4 upholds the conviction 3 to 0 and raises the sentence to 12 years and 1 month(opens in a new tab)
- 04A Gazeta · Lula deixa a prisão em Curitiba após decisão do STFJailed on April 7, 2018, released on November 8, 2019, 580 days(opens in a new tab)
- 05STF · Fachin anula condenações de Lula e manda ações penais para Justiça Federal do DFCuritiba's lack of jurisdiction, the convictions annulled and the case sent to the DF(opens in a new tab)
- 06STF · STF confirma suspeição de Sergio Moro na ação do triplex do GuarujáBias ruling by the Second Panel in March, upheld by the full court 7 to 4(opens in a new tab)
- 07Estado de Minas · A pedido do MP, juíza arquiva caso do triplex do Guarujá envolvendo LulaCase closed on 1/27/2022 for the statute of limitations, and the judge's words(opens in a new tab)
- 08Metrópoles (coluna de Reinaldo Azevedo) · Tríplex da OAS: Justiça expõe farsa de Moro e condenação sem provas de LulaReinaldo Azevedo's opinion on the decision(opens in a new tab)
- 09Diário do Nordeste · Gilmar vota pela parcialidade de Moro e fala em 'maior escândalo judicial' da história; acompanheGilmar Mendes's words in the vote on Moro's bias(opens in a new tab)
- 10STF · Ministros Gilmar Mendes e Ricardo Lewandowski votam pela suspeição do ex-juiz Sérgio Moro no caso do triplexRicardo Lewandowski's words in the vote on Moro's bias(opens in a new tab)
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