A view of a collapsed tailings dam owned by Brazilian mining company Vale SA, in Brumadinho, Brazil February 13, 2019. REUTERS/Washington Alves
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian federal police proposed criminal charges against Vale SA, auditor TÜV SÜD and 13 of their employees, alleging fraud in relation to a deadly dam collapse in January, according to a document seen by Reuters on Friday.
Federal police accused the companies of working with falsified documents attesting to the stability of the dam in Brumadinho, in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais, a source with knowledge of the matter said.
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