THE architect of the coup against former Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff has been handed a 24-year jail sentence for corruption after embezzling cash from the Federal Savings Bank.

Eduardo Cunha has already received a 15-year sentence for tax evasion and money laundering charges related to the Car Wash corruption scandal.

He was sentenced alongside former legislator Henrique Eduardo Alves as part of Operation Sepsis, with Judge Vallisney de Souza Oliveira ordering Mr Cunha to pay back £1.4 million to the state.