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Judi Lynn

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Fri Jul 13, 2018, 04:23 PM Jul 2018

Brazil files charges against former executive of U.S company

Source: Associated Press

Updated 12:59 pm CDT, Friday, July 13, 2018

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian prosecutors have filed corruption and money laundering charges against Paul Bragg, the former chief executive officer of Houston-based offshore drilling contractor Vantage Drilling.

Federal prosecutors said in a Thursday night statement that Bragg was involved in the payment of $31 million in bribes to a former executive of state-owned oil company Petrobras.

The statement says the bribe was paid to help Vantage win a $1.8 billion contract in 2009 to charter a drill ship to Petrobras.

The charges against Bragg are part of the probe into the corruption scheme at Petrobras and major construction companies through which kickbacks were paid for government projects.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/texas/article/Brazil-files-charges-against-former-executive-of-13072728.php





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