Flávio Bolsonaro paid R$ 86,7 in cash for the purchase of commercial properties in Rio.

247 - The purchase of commercial spaces by Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (Republicanos-RJ) for R$ 86,7, when he was a state deputy in the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro (Alerj), was paid in cash, according to the newspaper. The Globe this Sunday (9). According to the report, the information was confirmed in testimony to the Public Ministry of Rio (MP-RJ) by the construction companies involved in the transaction and by the parliamentarian himself within the scope of the investigation that is looking into the existence of a kickback scheme in Alerj. 

Flávio allegedly asked his father, Jair Bolsonaro, and an unidentified brother to lend him the money used in the transaction. He also allegedly received possible help from Jorge Francisco, father of the Minister of the General Secretariat of the Presidency, Jorge Oliveira. Jorge Francisco, who passed away in 2018, was Bolsonaro's chief of staff. 

"I went around borrowing money from my brother and my father, and they lent me that money." You "Everything was declared on my income tax return, which was purchased in this way (through a loan). Then I paid them back those loans. I think Jorge (Oliveira), who was my father's chief of staff, also helped me," Flávio said in a statement given to prosecutor Luis Fernando Ferreira Gomes on July 7. 

Flávio's statement was in response to a question from the prosecutor about the origin of the R$ 86.779,43 in cash, through bank deposits, which were used to purchase 12 commercial units in the Barra Prime Offices shopping center in 2008. 

According to the report, when asked how he had paid off the loans, Flávio Bolsonaro stated that he also paid the amounts in cash. "It was in cash," he said. "Since it was within the family, I don't remember exactly how it was done. Whether it was in installments or all at once," he added.