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The world's richest banker has been charged with corruption by Brazilian prosecutors.

Brazilian prosecutors on Thursday charged Joseph Safra, the world's richest banker, in connection with an alleged scheme to pay bribes to government officials in return for waiving tax debts.
In a statement, prosecutors said that Safra had knowledge of a 2014 plan by executives at his Banco Safra SA to pay 15.3 million reais ($4.2 million) in bribes to federal tax auditors. The
accusation is based on tapped phone calls between Banco Safra executive João Inácio Puga and tax officials, the statement added.
Safra, who alongside his family owns Banco Safra SA and a number of private-banking institutions including Switzerland's J Safra Sarasin, was not directly involved in the negotiations on the bribery plan, the statement noted.
Still, the conversations showed that Puga reported to Safra on the bribery talks, prosecutors said.
In a separate statement, Safra's investment holding company Safra Group said the allegations "are unfounded," adding that "there have not been any improprieties by any of
the businesses of The Safra Group."
No Safra Group representative "offered any inducement to any public official and the Group did not receive any benefit in the judgment of the
tribunal," the Safra Group statement said.
The charges filed are a follow-up of a broader police inquiry, known as "Operation Zealots," into kickbacks by companies through lobbyists. Dozens of other Brazilian firms, including
steelmaker Gerdau SA, have also been under investigation for suspected kickbacks.
The case is investigating whether companies bribed members of CARF, a body within the Finance Ministry that hears appeals on tax disputes, to get favorable rulings that reduced or
waived the amounts owed. Over 70 industrial, agricultural, civil engineering and financial companies, including banks, are being probed in
Operation Zealots.
The Lebanese-Brazilian billionaire,whose fortune is estimated at about $18 billion by Forbes Magazine,controls a banking and financial
conglomerate that operates in 19 countries.
In addition to "Operation Zealots,"Brazil has been gripped by the far-reaching corruption probe around state-run oil company Petroleo
Brasileiro SA, known as Petrobras, and major engineering conglomerates in the past couple of years.
(Editing by W Simon and Andrew Hay)
The original article from Reuters.

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