FILE PHOTO: Former billionaire Eike Batista (C) leaves the Federal Police headquarters after giving a testimony in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, January 31, 2017. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
(Reuters) - Eike Batista, the mining and oil magnate who was once Brazil's richest man, left prison Sunday for house arrest ahead of a trial on corruption charges.
Batista was jailed since Jan. 30 after spending four days in New York as a fugitive. He will stand trial along with an ex-Rio de Janeiro governor who allegedly took millions in bribes from the former billionaire.
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