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| Brazilian tycoon Eike Batista held in corruption probe | Brazilian tycoon Eike Batista held in corruption probe |
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| A business tycoon who was once Brazil's richest man has turned himself in to police after landing in Rio de Janeiro on a flight from New York. | A business tycoon who was once Brazil's richest man has turned himself in to police after landing in Rio de Janeiro on a flight from New York. |
| Police had issued an arrest warrant for Eike Batista on Thursday but did not find him at his Rio mansion. | Police had issued an arrest warrant for Eike Batista on Thursday but did not find him at his Rio mansion. |
| He is accused of paying bribes to officials in Rio de Janeiro's state government, which he denies. | He is accused of paying bribes to officials in Rio de Janeiro's state government, which he denies. |
| Before boarding the plane, Mr Batista said he was returning to Brazil to clear his name. | Before boarding the plane, Mr Batista said he was returning to Brazil to clear his name. |
| Mr Batista was declared a fugitive by Brazilian officials after police raided his estate in Rio de Janeiro and found he had left for New York just hours earlier. | Mr Batista was declared a fugitive by Brazilian officials after police raided his estate in Rio de Janeiro and found he had left for New York just hours earlier. |
| BBC South America business correspondent Daniel Gallas says there was much speculation on whether Mr Batista would return to Brazil or use his German passport to flee to Europe. | BBC South America business correspondent Daniel Gallas says there was much speculation on whether Mr Batista would return to Brazil or use his German passport to flee to Europe. |
| Who is Eike Batista? | Who is Eike Batista? |
| But Mr Batista said the trip to New York was not an attempt on his part to flee justice. | But Mr Batista said the trip to New York was not an attempt on his part to flee justice. |
| He was met by police who escorted him off the plane. | He was met by police who escorted him off the plane. |
| Mr Batista was initially taken to the Ary Franco prison in Rio. | |
| After undergoing medical exams and having his hair cut short, he was transferred to the Bangu high security prison on the outskirts of the city. | |
| Under Brazilian law, Mr Batista would have been sent to a special prison wing if he had had a university degree. | |
| But as he dropped out before finishing his engineering degree in Germany, he will be serving time in one of Brazil's notoriously overcrowded jails. | |
| He is due to be questioned about his alleged involvement in a corruption ring involving powerful business people and influential politicians in Rio de Janeiro state. | |
| Investigators accuse Mr Batista of paying the then-governor of the state, Sergio Cabral, $16.5m (£13.2m) in bribes to win government contracts. | Investigators accuse Mr Batista of paying the then-governor of the state, Sergio Cabral, $16.5m (£13.2m) in bribes to win government contracts. |
| Mr Cabral was arrested in November as part of a larger corruption investigation dubbed Operation Car Wash. | Mr Cabral was arrested in November as part of a larger corruption investigation dubbed Operation Car Wash. |
| As a result of Operation Car Wash, more than 100 people, including Brazil's most powerful building tycoon, Marcelo Odebrecht, have been convicted of crimes such as bribery, racketeering and money-laundering. | As a result of Operation Car Wash, more than 100 people, including Brazil's most powerful building tycoon, Marcelo Odebrecht, have been convicted of crimes such as bribery, racketeering and money-laundering. |