Brazil probe finds suspect deposits in Bolsonaro son's account - report


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  • Saturday, 19 Jan 2019

FILE PHOTO: Flavio Bolsonaro, son of Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro is seen behind him at the transition government building in Brasilia, Brazil November 27, 2018. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File photo

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian financial authorities have identified dozens of cash transfers worth almost 100,000 reais(20,702.83 pounds)that were deposited over the course of a month into the account of the president's son, according to a TV newscast on Friday.

The report on the National Journal, Brazil's main nightly news programme, said that the Council for Financial Activities Control (COAF) had identified 48 deposits made into the account of former Rio de Janeiro state lawmaker and Senator-elect Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of President Jair Bolsonaro.

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