By Ana Mano
SAO PAULO, Dec 4 (Reuters) – Brazilian federal prosecutors on Wednesday formally charged 11 individuals in reference to an ongoing prison probe implicating meals processor BRF SA BRFS3.SA in evading meals security checks, in response to courtroom filings seen by Reuters.
Of the 11 individuals criminally charged, one nonetheless works as the corporate’s director of agribusiness, in response to the paperwork filed by prosecutors within the southern Brazilian state of Paraná.
A BRF spokeswoman mentioned the person recognized as director of agribusiness by prosecutors just isn’t presently an worker. The corporate didn’t produce other instant feedback associated to the brand new developments of the case.
BRF has beforehand mentioned it has been cooperating with the probe.
The costs filed on Wednesday stem from a federal police investigation dubbed “Trickery,” or “Trapaça” in Portuguese, which acquired underway in March 2018.
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