By Aruna Viswanatha and Jeffrey T. Lewis 

Petrobras said Thursday it had agreed to an $853.2 million settlement with U.S. and Brazilian law-enforcement authorities to end yearslong investigations into one of the biggest corruption schemes ever uncovered.

The payments include a tentative deal to pay $682.6 million to a Brazil fund, and an additional $170.6 million equally split between the U.S. Justice Department and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,

The Justice Department agreed not to prosecute the company in exchange for an $85.3 million payment three years of compliance reports, and an admission that the scheme amounted to criminal violations of laws that require public companies to maintain accurate books and records, Petrobras said.

Write to Aruna Viswanatha at Aruna.Viswanatha@wsj.com and Jeffrey T. Lewis at jeffrey.lewis@wsj.com

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

September 27, 2018 08:39 ET (12:39 GMT)

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