Sunday, September 18, 2016

Prosecutors Call Lula Mastermind of Brazil’s Biggest Scandal

Latest: Corruption and Money Laundering.

Prosecutors Call Lula Mastermind of Brazil’s Biggest Scandal.

Brazilian prosecutors accused Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of masterminding the biggest graft scheme in the country’s history, saying the former president enriched himself and orchestrated kickbacks that cost the country billions of dollars. He denied the allegations.
Lula received at least 3.7 million reais ($1.1 million) in benefits and ran the so-called Carwash scheme that may have cost state-run oil company Petrobras as much as 42 billion reais, federal prosecutor Deltan Dallagnol said in a news conference on Wednesday. His office formally charged the former president with corruption and money laundering.
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gives a speech to supporters during a protest, in Sao Paulo, on March 18, 2016.
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gives a speech to supporters during a protest, in Sao Paulo, on March 18, 2016.
Photographer: Victor Moriyama/Getty Images
"The federal prosecutor’s office today is accusing Mr. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of being the commander-in-chief of the corruption scheme known as Carwash," Dallagnol said.
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