Port of Santos president arrested over US$10m fraud
Federal Police (PF) in Brazil have arrested Alex Oliva, president of Santos Port Authority (Codesp), over allegations of fraud related to contracts worth in excess of R$37m (US$10m), mainly concerning the IT systems at South America’s biggest port.
Operation Tritão, which began in November last year, investigated contracts signed by Codesp between 2014 and 2016 and found irregularities in three: regarding the digitisation and storage of documents, software acquisition and the maintenance of computers and consulting.
As made clear by the Federal Prosecutor’s Office, this is an ongoing investigation which includes, amongst others, dredging contracts at the Port of Santos.
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