Brazil Probes Flávio Bolsonaro Over Money Laundering

Brazilian Senator and presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro is under investigation for alleged corruption, money laundering and illicit financial transfers linked to Banco Master, a failed lender whose former owner, Daniel Vorcaro, faces broader financial-crime allegations. The probe centers on roughly 61 million reais in financing that Bolsonaro sought from Vorcaro for “Dark Horse,” a film about his father, Jair Bolsonaro. Bolsonaro acknowledges seeking the support but says the financing was private and legal, insisting he has “nothing to hide”; his brother Eduardo Bolsonaro also denies wrongdoing amid scrutiny of alleged transfers to a U.S.-linked fund. The investigation was opened in July at the federal police’s request and became public after Supreme Court records in the Banco Master case were partially unsealed, although parts of the inquiry remain confidential. The disclosures come as Flávio Bolsonaro challenges current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, with polls showing a close potential runoff, and have intensified tensions within Brazil’s political and judicial institutions.