Bolsonaro’s Son Charged by Prosecutors in Money Laundering Probe
- Flavio Bolsonaro denies wrongoing, says accusations unfounded
- Case is one of the legal headaches faced by Brazil president
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Brazilian prosecutors charged the eldest son of President Jair Bolsonaro with money laundering and embezzlement in a case that threatens to further tarnish the anti-corruption credentials of the presidential family.
Senator Flavio Bolsonaro was accused of participating in a criminal organization that appropriated salaries from employees of his previous office as a Rio de Janeiro state legislator between 2007 and 2018, according to a Wednesday statement by prosecutors. He was charged along with other 16 people, including his former aide Fabricio Queiroz, arrested in June during the same investigation.