RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Former Brazilian President Michel Temer was indicted on Tuesday on corruption charges brought by prosecutors who said he took part in a bribery scheme related to the Angra 3 nuclear power plant complex on the coast near Rio de Janeiro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FILE PHOTO: Brazil’s former President Michel Temer arrives at his home in Sao Paulo, Brazil March 25, 2019. REUTERS\/Amanda Perobelli\/File Photo
\nThe case is part of Operation Car Wash, Brazil\u2019s largest corruption investigation, which has put dozens of businessmen and politicians in jail since 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Federal Judge Marcelo Bretas accepted charges of corruption and money laundering against Temer, his former energy minister, Wellington Moreira Franco, and six other close aides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Temer, who left the presidency just three months ago, was arrested with the others on March 21 and released four days later. They all deny any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prosecutors said the graft at Angra was one action of a \u201ccriminal organization\u201d that Temer had run during his four decades in public life, which they alleged received or arranged upward of 1.8 billion reais ($462.5 million) in bribes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The investigation into kickbacks on the nuclear plant\u2019s construction contract involves the Brazilian subsidiary of Swedish consulting firm AF Poyry, along with Brazilian engineering firms Engevix and Argeplan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Swedish company declined to comment on an ongoing investigation. Engevix and Argeplan did not reply to requests for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Temer, 78, faces charges in another corruption investigation in which prosecutors accuse him of using a middleman to procure a suitcase full of cash from JBS SA, the controlling shareholders of the world\u2019s largest meatpacker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2017, his aide Rodrigo da Rocha Loures was caught on video by security cameras running out of a Sao Paulo restaurant carrying a bag with 500,000 reais ($128,165) in cash that prosecutors said was a bribe from the owners of JBS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Temer denies the allegation. Rocha Loures, who has also denied the charges, is awaiting trial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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