President of Brazilian Olympic Committee arrested
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The president of the Brazilian Olympic Committee was arrested on Thursday amid an investigation into a vote-buying scheme to bring the Olympics to Rio de Janeiro.
Carlos Nuzman, who is also an honorary International Olympic Committee member, was held for questioning last month by Brazilian and French authorities. They said he was a central figure in channeling $2 million to Lamine Diack, a former IOC member from Senegal who helped secure votes when Rio was picked by the IOC in 2009.
Brazilian authorities have said the behind-the-scenes dealings to win the vote amounted to a "criminal organization," led by Sergio Cabral, the former governor of Rio de Janeiro who has been jailed on a different corruption conviction.
