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Brazil prosecutors open money-laundering probe into president's son [View all]
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS FEBRUARY 21, 2019 / 3:54 PM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
Brazil prosecutors open money-laundering probe into president's son
Ricardo Brito
3 MIN READ
BRASILIA (Reuters) - The senator son of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is under investigation by federal authorities for money laundering in connection to unexplained increases in his net worth, the prosecutor general’s office said on Thursday.
Federal prosecutors said this month that an accusation of money laundering had been raised against Senator Flavio Bolsonaro in connection with at least two luxury apartments he purchased in Rio de Janeiro.
The press office for the prosecutor general did not provide more details. A spokeswoman for Flavio Bolsonaro said he was innocent of any wrongdoing and “is the victim of political persecution and repudiates the attempt to ascribe wrongdoing and crimes that do not exist.”
Flavio Bolsonaro has been dogged by multiple corruption allegations that are sullying the law-and-order image his father rode to an easy presidential election last year.
Flavio Bolsonaro had refused to meet with Rio de Janeiro state prosecutors to be questioned for related accusations. But he will not be able to avoid the far more powerful federal prosecutors, who have spearheaded Brazil’s unprecedented anti-corruption drive of recent years.
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Brazil prosecutors open money-laundering probe into president's son
Ricardo Brito
3 MIN READ
BRASILIA (Reuters) - The senator son of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is under investigation by federal authorities for money laundering in connection to unexplained increases in his net worth, the prosecutor general’s office said on Thursday.
Federal prosecutors said this month that an accusation of money laundering had been raised against Senator Flavio Bolsonaro in connection with at least two luxury apartments he purchased in Rio de Janeiro.
The press office for the prosecutor general did not provide more details. A spokeswoman for Flavio Bolsonaro said he was innocent of any wrongdoing and “is the victim of political persecution and repudiates the attempt to ascribe wrongdoing and crimes that do not exist.”
Flavio Bolsonaro has been dogged by multiple corruption allegations that are sullying the law-and-order image his father rode to an easy presidential election last year.
Flavio Bolsonaro had refused to meet with Rio de Janeiro state prosecutors to be questioned for related accusations. But he will not be able to avoid the far more powerful federal prosecutors, who have spearheaded Brazil’s unprecedented anti-corruption drive of recent years.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-corruption/brazil-prosecutors-open-money-laundering-probe-into-presidents-son-idUSKCN1QA2QZ
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