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Brazil’s Interim President Temer Linked to Bribery Scheme

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter

SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – A key player in Brazil’s Lava Jato (Carwash) scandal, Sergio Machado, told investigators that he paid millions of dollars worth of bribes to at least twenty politicians from several political parties, and was asked by interim president, Michel Temer, to arrange illegal campaign contributions for an ally, according to documents released by the courts on Wednesday.

The former president of Transpetro, the country’s largest oil transportation company, has been talking to investigators looking into the Lava Jato mega-corruption scandal as part of a Subscribe to our Premium Membership Plan. Already Subscribed?

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