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Brazil's former president Lula charged in money laundering investigation
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| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Mar 09, 2016 10:16pm |
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| Category | Investigation |
| Author | Reuters in São Paulo |
| News Date | Thursday, March 10, 2016 04:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was charged on Wednesday in a money laundering investigation led by Sao Paulo state prosecutors, intensifying scrutiny of the politician, who was questioned in a separate federal graft probe last week.
A spokesman for the state prosecutors declined to specify the charges, but state investigators have said they suspect Lula’s family owned an undeclared beachfront apartment in the city of Guaruja.
Federal investigators echoed those allegations after they detained Lula for questioning in police custody on Friday, fanning a political crisis that has rattled his successor, President Dilma Rousseff.
Lula has denied any wrongdoing and rejected the idea that he owned the luxury condo in Guaruja built by engineering group OAS, one of the conglomerates snared in a vast corruption scandal tied to state-run oil company Petrobras. |
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