The “brain cash” corruption scheme in the brazilian oil company Petrobras, who was fugitive from Justice, was arrested at a hotel in Madrid, reported the Guardia Civil.
arrested, 43 years and identified with the initials R. T. D, is charged with the crime of money laundering, bribery, and criminal organization, and he weighs an international arrest warrant to be extradited to Brazil.
according To the investigations, the fugitive came to the Spanish capital a few days ago from united States, where he had hidden after fleeing Brazil in April of this year.
it Is a lawyer of the construction company Odebrecht, which was being investigated by the brazilian authorities in the framework of the operation Lava Jato, for the alleged anti-money-laundering-owned oil company Petrobras through the diversion of more than 50 million brazilian reals (14 million euros) to various political parties.
The now-stopped it is considered responsible for payment of commissions as a counterpart to the award of public work and private, both in Brazil and abroad.
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Had nationality brazilian and Spanish, which made its entry into Spain, where he was located by the Team Fled from the Justice of the Operating Unit (UCO) of the Guardia Civil.
This arrest is the first made in Spain in the framework of the Operation Lava Jato, which was initiated in 2014. The research is of greater importance in Brazil on money-laundering and diversion of public funds from the national oil company Petrobras to political parties and members of the executive and formed part of an investigation that ended with the government of the deposed Dilma Rouseff.
Source: Agencies
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