An attorney for Jair Renan Bolsonaro, 25, seemed to confirm the charges in remarks to the Globo-affiliated G1 news outlet, noting that the improper leaking of the details of the case to the media was “very detrimental to the defense, due process, the presumption of innocence and, thus, the image of those who have the right to defend themselves.”
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According to O Globo, the charges against Bolsonaro stem from his event planning business, RB Eventos E Mídia. Prosecutors are alleging that the younger Bolsonaro artificially inflated his company’s revenue, falsely claiming that it made 4.6 million Brazilian reais (about $923,000) in one year.
The falsified profits allowed his company to secure three bank loans fraudulently, according to prosecutors. The case also accused Jair Renan Bolsonaro of fabricating “ghost” people and companies with whom his enterprise allegedly did business, including a person named “Antonio Amancio Alves Mandarrari,” the owner of the “ghost” company Mandarrari Aesthetics Clinic. Neither Alves Mandarrari nor the company, prosecutors say, exist.
The news of the charges against Bolsonaro’s youngest son surfaced a day after Bolsonaro himself was indicted on charges of conspiracy and inserting false data into government public health systems. (RELATED: Fmr. President Indicted For Falsifying COVID-19 Vaccination Records)
Brazilian Prosecutors accused Bolsonaro and 16 others of being part of a conspiracy to grant him and his 12-year-old daughter false coronavirus vaccination cards in late 2022, which would have allowed the two to enter the United States.
Bolsonaro is facing up to 12 years in prison in the vaccine card case.
Last month, the Department of Federal Police formerly accused the former President of attempting a coup following his loss to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. (RELATED: Bolsonaro And Allies Formally Accused Of Coup By Federal Police)
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