PINK FLEET, and RJX. Arrest, conviction and sentencing In January 2017, Brazilian authorities issued a detention order for Batista and eight other individuals as part of Operation Car Wash (), a high-profile $100 million money laundering investigation. Batista returned from New York and was detained in the maximum security prison in Bangu. On April 28, 2017 Supreme Court judge Gilmar Mendes ordered Batista's release pending trial. Batista had been charged with making $16.5 million in bribes to the former governor of Rio de Janeiro state. On July 3, 2018, Batista was convicted of bribing former Rio de Janeiro governor Sergio Cabral for the purpose of obtaining state government contracts, paying Cabral US$16.6 million, and was sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment. Batista's lawyer, Fernando Martins, expects to appeal the verdict. References External links EBX Group FPSO OSX-1 Hotsite EBX Group 1956 births Living people Brazilian people of German descent Brazilian people of Portuguese descent People from Governador Valadares RWTH Aachen University alumni Brazilian chairpersons of corporations Brazilian mining businesspeople Former billionaires Brazilian criminals People convicted of bribery Vaza Jato