Brazil Police Target Rio's Ex-Governor, Refit Owner in Tax Probe
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Brazil police target Rio's ex-governor, Refit owner in tax probe
Brazil's federal police on Friday carried out search and seizure warrants against former Rio de Janeiro Governor Claudio Castro and ordered privately owned refinery Refit to halt operations in a tax evasion investigation, a Supreme Court decision showed.
Manager of the Refit Group, Ricardo Magro is accused of running companies that have dubbed more than 4 billion euros. Among the search targets is the former governor of Rio de Janeiro, Cláudio Castro.
The former governor of Rio de Janeiro was the target of Operation No Refining, this Friday 15
Brazil PF Hits Ex-Rio Governor in $9.4B Fuel-Fraud Raid
Key Facts —The targets: Brazil’s Federal Police (PF) executed search-and-seizure warrants on May 15 against former Rio de Janeiro governor Cláudio Castro and Ricardo Magro, owner of the Refit fuel-distribution group and the former Refinaria de Manguinhos. —The scale: Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered the freezing of approximately 52 billion reals ($9.4 billion) […] The post Brazil PF Hits Ex-Rio Governor in $9.4B Fuel-Fraud Raid …
Action authorised by Minister Alexandre de Moraes of the STF, in open investigation from ADPF das Favelas
Former Rio de Janeiro governor Cláudio Castro was the target of a search and seizure warrant by the Federal Police this Friday, during Operation Sem Refino, launched to investigate suspected irregularities involving an economic group in the fuel sector. Another target of the operation is businessman Ricardo Magro, owner of Refit (Manguinhos Refinery), who had a preventive arrest warrant issued against him. The decision by Supreme Federal Court (…
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