August 27 2016
Brazilian police on Friday indicted former president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (2003-2010), his wife and three other people for active and passive corruption as well as money laundering.
The five are all accused of irregularities in the purchase and remodeling of an apartment on the coast of Sao Paulo and in the declaration of assets belonging to Lula, the federal police announced in a statement.
The other three people involved are Paulo Okamotto, the president of the Lula Institute, Jose Aldemario Pinheiro Filho, the former president of the OAS construction company and Paulo Gordilho, an architect.
