Brazil president on defense as aide falls, cash recovered
Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press
Updated 3:38 pm, Tuesday, May 23, 2017
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Embattled President Michel Temer's attempt to win back confidence and stay in power was undermined Tuesday as one aide was arrested in a fraud scheme, another aide turned over to police a bag full of cash and shouts of "down with Temer" led a Senate commission to suspend work on a package of the president's labor reforms.
Tadeu Filippelli, who had an office neighboring Temer's in the presidential palace, was arrested in connection with a fraud investigation into renovations of the Brasilia soccer stadium for the 2014 World Cup.
Brazil's federal police say the construction works were overpriced by more than $260 million.
Hours after the arrest, Temer fired Filippelli.
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http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Special-aide-to-Brazil-s-Temer-arrested-in-11167009.php
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