Brazil’s Flavio Bolsonaro under investigation over alleged corruption
Court documents say investigators are examining 61 million reais in donations tied to a film about Jair Bolsonaro as the election campaign tightens.
- 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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Brazil’s Flávio Bolsonaro investigated over payments from disgraced banker
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian presidential candidate Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro is under a Supreme Court investigation for receiving millions of dollars from a disgraced banker to finance a movie about his father, former President Jair Bolsonaro.
Brazil's Flávio Bolsonaro investigated over payments from disgraced banker
Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro is under a Supreme Court investigation for allegedly receiving $12 million from a disgraced banker to finance a movie about his father, former President Jair Bolsonaro
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.
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