Britain's Rolls-Royce is cooperating with investigators in a massive corruption scandal involving corruption at Brazilian state oil giant Petrobras, a spokesman said on Sunday. The engineering company confirmed it had been contacted by investigators involved in the probe, which has engulfed Brazil's political and business establishment amid allegations of a massive kickbacks scheme.
Earlier this year the Financial Times reported that a Petrobras executive had told Brazilian police he received a bribe of $200,000 from Rolls-Royce, which makes gas turbines for Petrobras oil rigs. The British company is also facing a corruption investigation in Britain over allegations of bribery in Asia. Earlier this month Brazilian prosecutors lodged corruption charges against the speaker of Brazil's lower house over allegations he accepted bribes to help secure Petrobras contracts.
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