For the second time in less than two weeks, Federal Police agents turned up at the penthouse of Cláudio Castro, who until recently governed the state of Rio de Janeiro.
Marshals are carrying out a new batch of warrants in an inquiry into how the state’s pension fund, Rioprevidência, came to hold roughly BRL 3 billion (almost USD 600 million) in assets tied to Banco Master, a mid-sized, fraud-ridden lender that was liquidated last year — and whose former CEO, Daniel Vorcaro, has been in jail since March.
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