Brazil's Marcelo Odebrecht Gets 19 Years in Jail in Carwash
- Former CEO of Latin America's largest builder arrested in June
- Crimes include money laundering and criminal association
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Marcelo Odebrecht, the former head of one of Brazil’s largest industrial conglomerates, was sentenced to 19 years and four months in jail for crimes including corruption and money laundering.
Odebrecht, who ran the Odebrecht SA holding company that owns Latin America’s largest builder until after his arrest last year, was also convicted of criminal association, judge Sergio Moro said in a sentence attached to public court records on Tuesday.