Mayoral Corruption Allegations
In 2005, Antonio Palocci was also involved in the Mensalão scandal, after being accused by Rogério Buratti, his former secretary in the Ribeirão Preto administration.
According to Buratti, between 2001 and 2004, Palocci received a R$50,000 monthly payment from Leão & Leão, a garbage collection company. Investigations are still underway.
Palocci, however, denied this and accused the prosecutors of leaking the preliminary results of an ongoing investigation.
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