Former Brazilian President Michel Temer was indicted on Tuesday on corruption charges brought by prosecutors who said he took part in a bribery scheme related to a nuclear power plant complex near Rio de Janeiro.
RIO DE JANEIRO — Former Brazilian President Michel Temer was indicted on Tuesday on corruption charges brought by prosecutors who said he took part in a bribery scheme related to the Angra 3 nuclear power plant complex on the coast near Rio de Janeiro.
Federal Judge Marcelo Bretas accepted charges of corruption and money laundering against Temer, his former energy minister, Wellington Moreira Franco, and six other close aides. Prosecutors said the graft at Angra was one action of a"criminal organization" that Temer had run during his four decades in public life, which they alleged received or arranged upward of 1.8 billion reais in bribes.
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