Politicians

Fernando Collor

House arrestConvictedPassive corruptionMoney launderingDamages: CorruptionCriminal association (art. 288 of the Penal Code)

Fernando Collor

Full name: Fernando Affonso Collor de Mello
Parties: ARENAPDSPMDBPRNPRTBPTBPTCPROSPTB
Offices: Senator for AL (2007–2023)Former President of the Republic
Custody: House arrestUnder the decision of 24/04/2025 ordering immediate enforcement of the AP 1025 sentence, he began serving it on 25/04/2025 in an individual cell in a special wing of the Baldomero Cavalcanti de Oliveira Prison in Maceió (AL). On 01/05/2025, in Penal Execution 131, rapporteur Alexandre de Moraes granted humanitarian house arrest (proven age and illnesses, with a favorable opinion from the Prosecutor-General's Office, PGR), with an ankle monitor, suspended passport and visits restricted to people authorized by the STF. The EP 131 entries read on 15/10/2026 record, up to 14/10/2026, visit authorizations "in compliance with the legal and judicial determinations previously set"; no revocation of the house arrest has been found.

former President of the Republic and former senator for AL (2007–2023); convicted by Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF), final and unappealable, in AP 1025 of passive corruption and money laundering (BR Distribuidora); serving his sentence under humanitarian house arrest

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Support for Jair Bolsonaro

On launching his pre-candidacy for governor of Alagoas for the PTB, on 14/06/2022, he stated in a social media video that it "was born with the support of President Jair Bolsonaro", whom he praised. A later break was not found in the sources read.

Court cases and investigations

Criminal sphere

Criminal Case 1025 (corruption at BR Distribuidora — Fernando Collor) — Supreme Federal Court (STF), Full Court — Convicted (final, unappealable)
Corruption · R$20,000,000

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