Brazil corruption: Police arrest ex-aide to Jair Bolsonaro's son Flavio

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Mr Bolsonaro was elected on an anti-corruption platform

A former aide to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's eldest son has been arrested as part of an investigation into alleged corruption.

Fabrício Queiroz is suspected of being part of a scheme to embezzle the salaries of phantom employees in the Rio de Janeiro assembly when Flávio Bolsonaro was a state lawmaker.

He had been on the run but was arrested at a property of a personal lawyer to the Bolsonaro family near São Paulo.

Flávio Bolsonaro denies any wrongdoing.

The case could be embarrassing for the far-right president, who came to office in January 2019 after running on an anti-corruption campaign and promising to be tough on crime.

Mr Bolsonaro is already facing an investigation into an alleged attempt to interfere with the police, and has seen some allies being targeted by a separate inquiry over an alleged fake news scheme.

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