Eike admits to paying Cabral US$16,5 million.
According to columnist Lauro Jardim of Globo, the businessman confessed in his testimony to the Federal Police on Tuesday, March 31st, that he transferred US$16,5 million to the former governor of Rio de Janeiro, Sérgio Cabral; the money – involved in the fraudulent sale of a gold mine – was transferred through the money launderer brothers Marcelo and Renato Chebar.
247 - According to columnist Lauro JardimAccording to Globo, businessman Eike Batista confessed in his testimony to the Federal Police on Tuesday, March 31, that he transferred US$16,5 million to the former governor of Rio de Janeiro, Sérgio Cabral.
The money – involved in the fraudulent sale of a gold mine – was transferred through the money launderer brothers Marcelo and Renato Chebar.
Imprisoned in Bangu 9, Eike was taken to testify at the headquarters of the Federal Police Superintendency in Rio, in the city's port area, where he remained for more than three hours, and then taken back to prison.