Brasiliens förre finansminister gripen i muthärva
Brasiliansk polis har gripit den forne finansministern Guido Mantega, uppger en källa i hans närhet. Gripandet uppges ingå i korruptionsutredningen kring oljebolaget Petrobras, som bland annat bidrog till att president Dilma Rousseff avsattes. Det skriver Reuters.
Mantega anklagas för att ha tagit emot en muta på 2,3 miljoner dollar, motsvarande över 19,5 miljoner kronor, från den brasilianske affärsmannen Eike Batista. Pengarna ska ha gått till att betala av skulder som Rousseff drog på sig under sin första presidentvalskampanj 2010, skriver Wall Street Journal. Mantega förnekar anklagelserna.
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Eike Batista
Wikipedia (en)
Eike Fuhrken Batista da Silva (Portuguese: [ˈejki ˈfuʁkẽj bɐˈtʃistɐ dɐ 'siwvɐ]; born 3 November 1956) is a Brazilian business magnate who made and lost a fortune in mining and oil and gas exploration. Presently, he is the chairman of Brazilian conglomerate EBX Group. The group includes five companies that trade on the BOVESPA's Novo Mercado, a special segment of the São Paulo stock market. These five companies are: OGX (oil and gas), MPX (energy), LLX (logistics), MMX (mining) and OSX (offshore services and equipment).
In early 2012, Batista had a net worth of $30.0 billion, making him the seventh wealthiest person in the world and the richest in Brazil. By July 2013, his wealth had plummeted to $200 million due to his debts and company's falling stock prices. Bloomberg reported in January 2014 that Batista "has a negative net worth." Forbes and Folha de S.Paulo quoted Batista in September 2014 stating that his negative net worth was –$1 billion.
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