Once Brazil’s wealthiest man, businessman Eike Batista was sentenced to thirty years in prison in Rio de Janeiro this week for corruption and money laundering. Batista was found guilty of paying former Rio de Janeiro governor, Sergio Cabral US$16.5 million in 2011 and trying to conceal the bribe through a money laundering operation.
via Brazil’s Former Billionaire Eike Batista Sentenced to 30 Years | The Rio Times | Brazil News.
