Brazil’s Silva accused of being “maximum commander” of the Petrobras corruption scandals

The coordinator of the prosecutors in the Car Wash Investigation, the multimillionaire corruption scandal in one of the country’s biggest oil companies, accused the ex-president of being the leader of a bribe scheme as well as having taken part in corruption crimes and money laundering

Alberto Armendáriz , LA NACION,  WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 14, 2016- 20:39

The Brazilians courts slowly focus more and more on da Silva. Photo: Archives

RIO DE JANEIRO.-  The judicial arms are closing in on Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. For the first time, the Brazilian authorities, who are part of the corruption investigation involving the state-owned oil company, Petrobras, has accused the ex-president (2003-2010) of being the main leader in the bribe scheme which prevailed in the oil company.

“Lula was the highest ranked commander of the corruption scheme in Petrobras”, said Deltan Dallagno, the coordinator of the prosecutors in the so called Car Wash Investigation, during a press release in Curitiba, where the investigations that have been staggering Brazil’s political and corporate world for over two years have been focused.