Posted on 11/25/2021 7:37:09 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
SAO PAULO (AP) — Carlos Arthur Nuzman, the head of the Brazilian Olympic Committee for more than two decades, was sentenced to 30 years and 11 months in jail for allegedly buying votes for Rio de Janeiro to host the 2016 Olympics.
The ruling by Judge Marcelo Bretas became public Thursday.
Nuzman, who also headed the Rio 2016 organizing committee, was found guilty of corruption, criminal organization, money laundering and tax evasion. The 79-year-old executive won’t be jailed until all his appeals are heard.
He and his lawyer did not comment on the decision.
Bretas also sentenced to jail former Rio Gov. Sergio Cabral, businessman Arthur Soares and Leonardo Gryner, who was the Rio 2016 committee director-general of operations. Investigators say all three and Nuzman coordinated to bribe the former president of the International Association of Athletics Federations, Lamine Diack, and his son Papa Diack for votes.
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Everyone associated with the Olympics is corrupt, why single him out?
Everyone associated with the Olympics is corrupt, why single him out?
Perhaps, because the investigation uncovered sufficient evidence of wrong-doing of these three specific people. That doesn't mean the investigation is over, and that more evidence will point to even more people.
Are you worried there is a short statute of limitations?
Display of Casablanca Claude Raines, please.
All that other stuff sounds really naughty. But buying votes to get the Olympics in a certain specific city? If they outlaw that, the Olympics will just become a wokefest for virtue signallers.
Oh!? The “Olympics” is no longer about sports and being a good sport?
Well, who do you like for the pie contest in the county fair?
The difference between Brazil and the U.S. is that the corrupt officials in Brazil sometimes go to prison.
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