Questão jurídica principal
Whether a substitute claim under Art. 59 aStGB may be ordered against a good-faith third party who received payments as deposits/contractual penalties for equivalent consideration.
Decisão extraída
No. The payments were not gratuitous benefits, and the respondent had given equivalent consideration; therefore a substitute claim was excluded.
Fundamentação extraída
Art. 59 aStGB excludes confiscation from a good-faith third party only where the assets were acquired without knowledge of the grounds for confiscation and for equivalent consideration. The court reaffirmed that the provision aims to prevent delictual enrichment without compensation, not to create a fund for victims. Contract deposits and contractual penalties, when not excessive, constitute consideration for contractual risks, expenses, and lost market opportunities.