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Close Adviser to Bolsonaro’s Son Arrested in Brazilian Corruption Probe

HeadlineJun 19, 2020

In Brazil, authorities in São Paulo have arrested the former adviser and driver of Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro. Prosecutors say between 2016 and 2017 Fabrício Queiroz ran a scheme of paying salaries to phantom employees while working at the office of Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, who was at the time a Rio de Janeiro state lawmaker.

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