Brazilian police suspect ex-President Bolsonaro of laundering more than $5 million

Brazilian police have raised suspicions against former President Jair Bolsonaro of financial fraud and laundering about 30 million reais (more than $5.4 million). This was reported on August 22 by the newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo.

According to the investigation, the transactions in question were carried out on Bolsonaro's accounts from March 1, 2023 to June 5, 2025, adds "Газета.Ru ".

More than 30 million reais in debits and 30 million reais in loans were transferred from March 1, 2023 to February 7, 2024.

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On August 4, the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs of the US State Department condemned the decision of a local court to place Bolsonaro, who is being investigated for an attempted coup, under house arrest. They noted that this decision is allegedly the suppression of Brazil's opposition views against democracy.

Bolsonaro's possible arrest was reported on June 12. According to investigators, Bolsonaro knew that the military wanted to prevent the elected leader from coming to power and were ready to make an assassination attempt on him in December 2022. The ex-president denies his guilt.

On November 22, 2024, the Brazilian police accused the ex-president of a coup. He was charged with creating a criminal organization that acted in a coordinated manner to try to keep Bolsonaro in power after his defeat in the 2022 elections.

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