Three more dragged into widening Petrobras scandal
Dozens of political figures and former Petrobras executives are under suspicion over a scheme facilitating corruption and money laundering that saw an estimated $3.8 billion creamed off inflated contracts over a decade, though nobody has yet been convicted.
The latest to fall under suspicion in the snowballing scandal, dubbed Operation Car Wash, are Luiz Fernando Pezao, governor of Rio state; predecessor Sergio Cabral; and Tiao Viana, governor of Acre state, in Brazil's north.
All are members of the ruling coalition.
A statement from the attorney-general's office said it had "detected evidence of passive corruption and money laundering" against the three men.
The accusations leveled against them were made by Paulo Roberto Costa, a former Petrobras director who turned whistleblower in a bid to reach a plea bargain with investigators.
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