Judge orders luxury apartment where Collor lives and is serving a sentence for corruption to be auctioned

The luxury apartment in which former president Fernando Collor de Melo lives and is serving his sentence in Maceió (AL) must go up for auction as determined by the Labor Court. The decision was made by judge Nilton Beltrão de Albuquerque Junior, of the Regional Labor Court (TRT) of Alagoas.

The information was released by UOL and confirmed by The Globe. According to the TRT of Alagoas, the auction is scheduled for June, but the decision still needs to be confirmed by the judge of the 3rd Court.

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Collor is currently serving house arrest in the 600 square meter apartment with views of the Maceió sea, private pool, bar and four suites. According to the Alagoas Labor Court, the apartment was valued at R$9 million at the end of 2024.

In 2023, the former president was sentenced by the STF to 8 years and 10 months for the crimes of passive corruption and money laundering, for involvement in a corruption scheme at BR Distribuidora.

He began serving his sentence at the Baldomero Cavalcanti de Oliveira Prison, in Maceió (AL), and was later granted humanitarian house arrest due to his advanced age (75 years) and serious comorbidities, which include Parkinson’s disease, severe sleep apnea and bipolar affective disorder.

However, judge Nilton Beltrão de Albuquerque Junior ordered that the property where he is serving his sentence be sold at auction due to a labor debt.

According to the portal UOLCollor’s defense claims that this debt has already been paid. The worker’s defense — a journalist who worked at TV Gazeta, which Collor owns — states that in 2019 there was an agreement for her to receive R$80,000 in back wages, but that the amounts were not paid in full.