Once Brazil's richest man, Eike Batista sought for graft

[Judi Lynn]

Once Brazil's richest man, Eike Batista sought for graft
Renata Brito, Associated Press Updated 6:59 pm, Thursday, January 26, 2017


RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian police issued an arrest warrant Thursday for a businessman famous for amassing and then losing a multibillion-dollar fortune, the latest move in a wide-ranging corruption probe roiling Latin America's largest nation.

Federal police said they have asked Interpol for help locating Eike Batista, who is out of the country, possibly in New York, and said he is considered a fugitive. A lawyer for Batista issued a statement saying he was abroad on business but would return "soon" and turn himself in.

Batista is wanted for allegedly paying bribes to former Rio de Janeiro state Gov. Sergio Cabral, apparently to gain advantage in landing government contracts.

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Federal police inspector Tacio Muzzi said Batista made a reservation on a flight to New York this week but would not say definitively that he was there. He added that Batista appears to have used his German passport to leave Brazil.

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[Dustlawyer]

1. We could sure use some graft, corruption and influence peddling investigations

over here! We are over our heads in this bottomless swamp! Look at where it has led! DeVoss is an out of touch, rich, heartless, idiot who bought her way to the nomination of the Dept. of Education. McChinless and Paul "Eddie Munster" Ryan pretend to love Trump to get him to sign off on their dirty work. They will rationalize ANYTHING for it!

What do we expect when we allow legalized bribery!