Marcos Valério Fernandes de Souza (born January 29, 1961) is a Brazilian businessman in the field of

public relations Public relations (PR) is the practice of managing and disseminating information from an individual or an organization (such as a business, government agency, or a nonprofit organization) to the public in order to influence their perception. Pu ...

. He is the owner of two communications firms: DNA and SMP&B. Because of his involvement in the

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, he was sentenced to more than 40 years of imprisonment.

Career

The son of Aidê Fernandes de Souza and Adeliro Francisco de Souza, he was born on January 29, 1961, in

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. He spent his early life in the northeast of

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. His professional career began in the , known as Bemge (bought by

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, in 1998). He entered the business of public relations in 1996 with a partnership with

Clésio Andrade Clésio Soares de Andrade (born October 12, 1952) is a Brazilian politician and businessman. He represented Minas Gerais in the Federal Senate from 2011 to 2014. Previously, he was Vice-Governor of Minas Gerais from 2003 to 2006. He is a member o ...

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and Ramon Cardoso with the public relations and advertising firm . Later, he bought Andrade's stake and also bought shares of another agency, DNA. He was one of the main accused in the

and found guilty of bribery, embezzlement, money laundering, tax evasion and conspiracy. In October 2012 he was given a sentence of 40 years 2 months and 10 days imprisonment and a fine of R$2.72 million. His associates Ramon Hollerbach, Cristiano Paz and Simone Vasconcelos were sentenced to 29 years, 7 months, 20 days respectively 25 `years, 11 months, 20 days imprisonment and 12 years imprisonment.
Condenado a 40 anos, Marcos Valério propõe delação premiada
',

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, 30 October 2012.

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