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Bolsonaro biopic sponsor said to have received organized crime funds

Brazil’s Finance Minister Dario Durigan said Thursday (Sep. 24) that Antônio Carlos Freixo Júnior, known as “Mineiro,” the owner of Entre Investimentos, received money from organized crime. The company has a stake in the financing of Dark Horse, a film that chronicles the life of former President Jair Bolsonaro and which received funding from Banco Master, owned by Daniel Vorcaro. Today’s operation, the third phase of Operation Carbono Oculto, was launched by São Paulo prosecutors and the Federal Revenue Service. Notícias relacionadas:Candidate Flávio Bolsonaro targeted by probe into “Dark Horse” film.“We’re talking about the management company of a business group – the Entre Group – which received money from both Baco Master and organized crime, all into the same pool. Everything indicates that the funds providing liquidity for these operations come from the same entity, from the same pool,” the minister stated in an interview in Brasília. According to Durigan, the money received by Entre was used for money laundering and bribery. “We’re talking about the same fund, where money from different sources ended up – whether from Master, organized crime, or individuals who have already entered into plea bargain agreements with the São Paulo Prosecution Service or the Federal Prosecution Service.” Antônio Carlos Freixo Junior entered into a plea bargain agreement with the Prosecutor-General’s Office regarding the investigations into the Banco Master scandal.