Brazil's Federal Police to Question Bank Executive Vorcaro
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The Federal Police in Brazil want to talk to a man named Daniel Vorcaro. He works at Banco Master. This is a bank.
The police will ask him questions on Thursday. They think someone helped Banco Master in a bad way. This is called favoritism.
The police think people gave special help to the bank. This help was not fair to other banks.
This is the first time Vorcaro will talk to police about this. He changed his lawyer before this meeting. A lawyer is a person who helps you with the law.
Vorcaro also said no to a plea deal. This is when a person tells police information to get a lighter punishment.
The questions are also about Brazil's Central Bank. This is the bank that watches over all other banks in the country.
People want to know if the Central Bank's checks on Banco Master were fair. The police will try to find out the truth.
Vocabulary10 words
- Federal Police
- police who work for the whole country, not just one city
- favoritism
- giving unfair special help to someone
- lawyer
- a person who helps with law problems
- plea deal
- telling the truth to get less punishment
- Central Bank
- the bank that controls money and watches other banks
- executive
- an important worker at a company
- suspicion
- a feeling that something bad happened
- oversight
- watching to make sure things are correct
- depose
- to answer questions for the police
- bank
- a place that keeps and manages money
Quiz
Answer key
1. Daniel Vorcaro 2. Favoritism toward Banco Master 3. False
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
The _____ Police in Brazil want to talk to a man named Daniel Vorcaro. He works at Banco Master. This is a _____.
The police will ask him questions on _____. They think someone helped Banco Master in a bad way. This is called _____.
This is the first time Vorcaro will talk to police about this. He changed his _____ before this meeting.
Vorcaro also said no to a _____ _____. This is when a person tells police information to get a lighter punishment.
The questions are also about Brazil's _____ Bank.