Brazil, Bolsonaro suspected of money laundering: received 4 million in 1 year

Brasilia (Brazil), 22 Aug. (LaPresse/AP) – Brazilian federal police have accused former President Jair Bolsonaro of receiving large sums of money without apparent justification between March 2023 and February 2024. This is according to documents obtained by the Associated Press. Investigators say that the Brazilian financial watchdog suspects a case of money laundering involving Bolsonaro, who is already on trial for an alleged coup. The new documents added to a 170-page investigation into obstruction of justice allege that Bolsonaro received more than 30 million Brazilian reais (4 million euros), most of it without apparent justification, along with debts of almost the same amount during that period. AP had access to the documents, which were sent to the country's Supreme Court. Much of the information from the financial watchdog comes from the state-owned Banco do Brasil.