Petrobras will receive $45 million, repatriated to Brazil from bank accounts in Switzerland owned by Julio Faerman, former sales agent of the SBM Offshore Dutch company in Brazil. The information was released by Petrobras on its website.

According to the note, federal judge Vitor Barbosa Valpuesta considered Petrobras victim of Faerman, who, on the other hand, admitted having received the money for criminal activities. Petrobras acts as assistant to the prosecution in the case and noted that "investigations began before the Operation Car Wash" and that "according to the complaint, from 1997 to 2012 money was embezzled from contracts for renting drillships."

In addition to the amount announced on Thursday (Sep. 29), equivalent to 80% of the total embezzled by Faerman, Petrobras reports that $95 million siphoned off from the company in corruption cases has been recovered through legal means.