According to TRL’s summary of the ruling, which runs to more than 680 pages and provides in part the basis for prosecutors’ appeal against Judge Ivo Rosa’s decision about three years ago, of the 22 defendants, four are companies, with Barbara Vara, daughter of former minister Armando Vara and also defendant, being the only one of the accused who was acquitted in the decision published this Thursday.
List of defendants appearing in court:
José Socrates Carvalho Pinto de Souza
3 corruption crimes
13 crimes related to money laundering
6 Tax Fraud Crimes
TOTAL: 22 crimes
Carlos Santos Silva (businessman and friend of Socrates)
2 corruption crimes
14 crimes related to money laundering
7 tax crimes
TOTAL: 23 crimes
Joaquim Barroca Rodriguez (former administrator of the construction company LENA Group)
2 corruption crimes
7 Crimes Related to Money Laundering
6 Tax Fraud Crimes
TOTAL: 15 crimes
José Luis Ribeiro dos Santos (Portuguese Infrastructure Officer)
1 corruption crime
1 money laundering crime
Luis Manuel Ferreira da Silva Marques (Portuguese Infrastructure Officer)
1 corruption crime
1 money laundering crime
Ricardo Espirito Santo Salgado (former President of BES/GES)
3 corruption crimes
8 Crimes Related to Money Laundering
TOTAL: 11 crimes
Zeinal Abedin Mohamed Bawa (former executive president of Portugal Telecom)
1 corruption crime
1 money laundering crime
1 crime of tax fraud
Enrique Manuel Fusco Granadeiro (former manager of Portugal Telecom)
1 corruption crime
2 money laundering crimes
2 tax fraud crimes
TOTAL: 5 crimes
Armando Vara (former minister and former CGD administrator)
1 corruption crime
1 money laundering crime
José Digo Gaspar Ferreira (former executive director of the Vale do Lobo project)
1 corruption crime
1 money laundering crime
Rui Horta y Costa (former administrator of Vale do Lobo)
1 corruption crime
1 money laundering crime
José Bernardo Pinto de Souza (businessman and cousin of José Socrates)
2 money laundering crimes
Helder Jose Batalha dos Santos (businessman)
5 Crimes Related to Money Laundering
Gonçalo Nuno Mendes da Trindade Ferreira (lawyer)
3 money laundering crimes
Ines Maria Carrusca Pontes do Rosario (wife of the defendant Carlos Santos Silva)
1 money laundering crime
João Pedro Soares Antunes Perna (former driver of José Socrates)
1 money laundering crime
Sofia Mesquita Carvalho Fava (ex-wife of José Socrates)
1 money laundering crime
Ruy Manuel Antunes Mao de Ferro (Managing Partner and Company Manager)
1 money laundering crime
Lena Engenharia and Konstrucoins, SA
1 corruption crime
3 money laundering crimes
6 Tax Fraud Crimes
TOTAL: 10 crimes
Lena Engenharia and Constructions, SGPS
1 corruption crime
1 money laundering crime
Lena, SGPS
1 corruption crime
1 money laundering crime
“RMF-Consulting, Management and Strategic Consulting”, L.D.a
1 money laundering crime