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[Judi Lynn]

3. Brazil police finds document linking BTG Pactual to bribery, Globo says

Sun Nov 29, 2015 7:57pm EST

UPDATE 1-Brazil police finds document linking BTG Pactual to bribery, Globo says

(Adds detail of document, comment from Cunha, Comment from BTG Pactual in paragraph 5))

Nov 29 Brazil's federal police found documents allegedly linking investment bank Grupo BTG Pactual SA to the payment of bribes to ruling coalition lawmakers, the online edition of O Globo newspaper said on Sunday.

According to Globo, which did not say how it obtained the information, the documents were seized in the home of an aide to Senator Delcídio do Amaral, who was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly trying to obstruct a corruption investigation.

The documents, Globo said, contained notes alleging that BTG Pactual paid 45 million reais ($11.7 million) to Eduardo Cunha, speaker of Brazil's lower house of Congress, in exchange for the passage of legislation favoring the bank.

Read more at Reuters: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/30/brazil-arrests-lawmaking-idUSL1N13P00P20151130#ulmcUYhoJrv5jJUO.99