Former oil magnate Eike Batista sentenced to 30 years in prison for corruption in Brazil | AmericaEconomy

Sao Paulo . Eike Batista, the oil and mining magnate who was once the richest man in Brazil, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for bribing the former governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro. Janeiro, according to a document released Tuesday. 19659002] The penalty also establishes the payment of a fine of 53 million reais (over 13.5 million dollars).

Batista's sentence and sentence are the latest news in the wave of investigations in Brazil, which sent Batista, whose legal team said he would appeal, was recognized guilty of paying a $ 16.5 million bribe to former Rio Governor Sergio Cabral, who was also found guilty in the case

In exchange for bribes, the Batista companies were awarded contracts with the state

. Judge Marcelo Bretas argued that his sentence "Criminal architecture was produced by the company of Eike Batista" Detected by the investigating organs

It was the sixth conviction of Cabral, who is imprisoned and has been sentenced in over 120 years for a series of corruption charges.

Six years ago, Batista, of D 'after Forbes, he had been declared a fugitive in 2016 because he had fled abroad when a judge ordered his arrest. . Subsequently, he voluntarily submitted to the Brazilian justice to collaborate with the investigation of corruption in Petrobras.

* With information from Reuters and Infobae.