Brazilian Police: Bank Owner Contacted Ex-Central Bank Official Before Arrest
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Vorcaro is a businessman in Brazil. The Federal Police looked at his messages.
The police found that Vorcaro talked to a former Central Bank director. Vorcaro called him his "angel in life."
Vorcaro asked this man for help. He wanted to stop a change in a pension fund. A pension fund is money saved for old age.
The police also say Vorcaro was getting ready to leave Brazil. This was before the police arrested him.
There is also a story about a marketer. A marketer is someone who helps make people or things popular. This marketer looked for online influencers who liked Master, a company connected to Vorcaro.
The marketer watched social media for Flávio Bolsonaro, a Brazilian politician.
Vocabulary15 words
- Federal Police
- the national police in Brazil
- Central Bank
- the bank that controls money for a whole country
- pension fund
- money saved for when people stop working
- marketer
- a person who works to make something popular
- influencers
- people who are followed by many people online
- politician
- a person who works in government
- arrest
- when police take someone because of a crime
- businessman
- a man who runs a company
- documents
- papers with written information
- flee
- to run away from a place
- social media
- websites like Instagram or Twitter
- connected
- linked to something else
- company
- a business that sells things or services
- government
- the group that runs a country
- messages
- words sent to another person
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1. A former Central Bank director 2. A change in a pension fund system 3. Preparing to flee
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Vorcaro is a _____ in Brazil. The _____ looked at his messages.
The police found that Vorcaro talked to a former _____ director. Vorcaro called him his "angel in life."
Vorcaro asked this man for help. He wanted to stop a change in a _____.
The police also say Vorcaro was getting ready to _____ Brazil. This was before the police _____ him.
There is also a story about a _____. This marketer looked for online _____ who liked Master, a company connected to Vorcaro.
The marketer watched _____ for Flávio Bolsonaro, a Brazilian _____.
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