Brazilian court orders return of over R$2.4 million to OAS over Guarujá triplex

A federal court in Brasília has recognized that the Guarujá triplex belongs to construction company OAS and ordered the return of more than R$2.42 million to the firm. Judge Marcelo Gentil Monteiro of the 12th Federal Court of the Federal District made the ruling on Monday, November 9, accepting a favorable opinion from the Federal Public Ministry.

The money comes from the judicial auction of the apartment, which sold for R$2.2 million. Caixa Econômica Federal kept the funds in a process-linked account, and monetary updates pushed the total above R$2.42 million.

The judge concluded that justice has no grounds to keep the money in custody, citing the apartment’s formal ownership, the absence of ongoing criminal proceedings over the property, and no other restrictions justifying retention.

The ruling is another development in the case that supported one of the Lava Jato accusations against former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The investigation, led in Curitiba by then-judge Sergio Moro, presented the apartment as an undue advantage allegedly destined for the Workers’ Party leader.

The Supreme Federal Court later declared Moro’s suspicion, ending the related criminal action. Moro was elected governor of Paraná in the 2026 elections.

A separate outlet, Diário do Centro do Mundo, frames the episode as part of a historical injustice, saying a 2010 Globo report by Tatiana Farah helped build the case against Lula and was used by Moro as probative evidence in the 2017 conviction.