Rio de Janeiro Fuel Fraud Probe Sweeps Up Head of Refining Group

Signage on a water tank at the Refinaria de Petroleos de Manguinhos, which is controled by Refit, in Rio de Janeiro. — Signage on a water tank at the Refinaria de Petroleos de Manguinhos, which is controled by Refit, in Rio de Janeiro.
Photographer: Dado Galdieri/Bloomberg

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By Daniel Carvalho

May 15, 2026 at 7:26 PM UTC

Leia em português.

Brazil’s top court ordered the arrest of the head of a private refining group in the latest effort to crack down on organized crime infiltrating in the formal economy.