First-time legislator Fausto Pinato to lead investigation into Eduardo Cunha Investigation is part of fallout from Petrobras corruption scandalA Brazilian congressional ethics committee has picked a first-term legislator to lead an investigation into secret Swiss bank accounts allegedly held by Eduardo Cunha,the speaker of the lower house. The investigation, part of the fallout from a kickback scandal engulfing the state-rush oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA, or Petrobras,could seal the political fate of Cunha, third in the line of presidential succession.
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Source: theguardian.com