Brazil’s once wealthiest man arrested in continued Car Wash fallout
Tom Fox has the details on the arrest of Eike Batista, once the wealthiest man in Brazil, who stands accused of paying significant bribes to the former governor of Rio de Janeiro state as part of the country’s landmark investigation into bid-rigging at state-controlled oil company Petrobras.
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