The once wealthiest man in Brazil was recently arrested in conjunction with the ongoing Operation Car Wash investigation. Eike Batista voluntarily returned to Brazil from the United States and turned himself into to Brazilian authorities. According to reports, he stands accused of paying $16.5 million in bribes to the former governor of Rio de Janeiro state, Sérgio Cabral, as part of the country’s landmark investigation into bid-rigging at state-controlled oil company Petrobras.
