By Rodrigo Viga Gaier
RIO DE JANEIRO, March 4 (Reuters) – Brazilian businessman Daniel Vorcaro, the owner of lender Banco Master, was detained by federal police on Wednesday in a new phase of an investigation into the bank, a person familiar with the matter said.
Vorcaro had previously been arrested in November as part of a probe into alleged issuance of fraudulent credit securities by the institution, but was later released and ordered to wear an electronic ankle monitor.
Brazil’s federal police said in a statement they had launched raids on Wednesday “investigating the possible crimes of threats, corruption, money laundering and invasion of computer systems carried out by a criminal organization.”
They did not name Vorcaro, whose lawyers did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
(Reporting by Rodrigo Viga Gaier; Writing by Gabriel AraujoEditing by Tomasz Janowski)
