oil company, petrobras. yusef had given the executive a rather con speckous gift, a range rover worth more than $100,000. this is where judge moro was key. he kept them in jail before their trials, something unheard of, then he used their detentions to employ another relatively new legal innovation in il, plea deals. >> these criminals, they decided to cooperate with the prosecutors. >> that was the turning point. in the end, the investigation uncovered a cartel of at least 16 brazilian companies that rigged the bidding on petrobras contracts, according to the "new york times." they created the illusion of competition, but decided between themselves who got the contracts, which were wildly inflated in price. petrobras officials received a cut of those inflated contracts, much of that money was then diverted to politicians and political parties. it was all a game, and the