Brazil presidential hopeful Bolsonaro under investigation over alleged corruption, court document shows
Federal police linked donations from collapsed lender Banco Master to a biopic about Jair Bolsonaro, widening a corruption probe around Flavio Bolsonaro.
- On Friday, Brazil's Supreme Court unsealed a court document confirming an investigation opened in July into Senator Flavio Bolsonaro regarding alleged corruption and money laundering linked to the failed lender Banco Master.
- Justice Andre Mendonca authorized the probe following a Federal Police request pointing to donations by former Banco Master CEO Daniel Vorcaro to finance the biopic 'Dark Horse,' starring Jim Caviezel.
- Brazilian police conducted dozens of raids yesterday targeting film producer Karina Gama and congressman Mario Frias, with court orders banning suspects from leaving Brazil pending the investigation outcome.
- Bolsonaro blasted the probe as 'attempted political interference,' while Frias denounced the investigation as a 'smoke screen' as scrutiny intensifies before the October 4 election.
- Bolsonaro, the leading right-wing challenger to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, faces the investigation as candidates remain neck-and-neck ahead of the first round of voting on October 4.
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A son of ex-president Bolsonaro is the focus of attention because of the suspicion of corruption. Disclosures about the film »Dark Horse« plunge the Brazilian institutions into a crisis just before the presidential election.
The Conservative senator who is among the favourites of the October election is targeted by an investigation into corruption and money laundering, according to a judicial document released this Friday.
A few weeks before the election in Brazil, corruption investigations against Flávio Bolsonaro become public. He is the most promising challenger of incumbent Lula.
Brazil’s Flavio Bolsonaro under investigation over alleged corruption
Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, the leading right-wing challenger to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in next month’s election, is under investigation for alleged corruption and money laundering tied to failed lender Banco Master, according to court documents unsealed on Friday. The probe into the senator, the eldest son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, was opened in July by Supreme Court Justice Andre Mendonca, a Bolsonaro appointee w…
Flávio Bolsonaro admitted to having asked for millionaire film twists about his father from the banker Daniel Vorcaro, today arrested by a gigantic financial embezzlement.
Brazil president candidate Flavio Bolsonaro targeted in corruption probe
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