12:42, March 25, 2015
The treasurer of Brazil’s ruling party Joao Vaccari will go to trial on corruption and money-laundering charges, according to court papers revealed on Monday.
Vaccari is one of the biggest names out of 27 who will be tried over the Petrobras scandal for soliciting “bribes in the form of electoral donations” for the ruling Workers Party (PT), according toDeutsche Welle. He is suspected of accepting more than US$ 1.2 million, in part of the giant corruption affair that has engulfed state-controlled oil corporation Petrobras.
The scandaleruptedin March with the arrest of former Petrobras director Paulo Roberto Costa on suspicion of money laundering. Costa was charged with bribery in July and, in October, gave evidence to prosecutors including an admission that he had accepted bribes.
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