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Many bankers may be worried about whether some fancy product dreamed up might yet lead to a visit from the police. Daniel Dantas
Many bankers may be worried about whether some fancy product dreamed up might yet lead to a visit from the police. Daniel Dantas
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2014-06-30
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Many bankers may be worried about whether some fancy product dreamed up might yet lead to a visit from the police. Daniel Dantas, a financier, who has profited by operating at the middle place where business and government meet in Brazil, has been opening the door to find the police outside for much of the past decade. On December 2nd he was convicted of a less sophisticated crime: trying to bribe police officers. Mr. Dantas, who has acquired great notoriety in Brazil, was fined $ 5 million and sentenced to ten years in prison. He has appealed against his conviction.
The charge stems from a police investigation into money-laundering(洗钱)known as Operation Satiagraha. It grew out of a previous investigation into Mr. Dantas’ use of Kroll, a security consultancy, to watch over his business partners. During this investigation the police seized a computer from Opportunity, Mr. Dantas’s investment bank, which contained data from the mid-1990s to 2004 and apparently showed suspicious movements of money.
The judge found that Mr. Dantas tried to pay bribes, via two go-betweens, to keep his name out of the Satiagraha investigation. A man fitted with a bugging device was offered $ 1 million in cash, with another $ 4 million to follow, the police say. They claim that Mr. Dantas’s trick involved money travelling to the Cayman Islands, then via the British Virgin Islands to an account in Ireland, on to Delaware, and then re-entering Brazil as foreign investment.
For Mr. Dantas his crime is a steep fall from grace. A man who sleeps little and socializes less, he is a vegetarian and self-made billionaire, a gifted financier who has serially fallen out with his business partners. He once controlled a large telecoms firm, acting for investors who included Citigroup. He says he is the victim of a conspiracy mounted by the government.
It is Mr. Dantas’ supposed influence in government circles that has added to his notoriety. During the 1990s, when many state-owned businesses were privatized, Mr. Dantas positioned himself as the man with the needed expertise and contacts. He enjoyed easy access to the government of President Fernando Henrique Cardoso, including meetings with the president himself. That influence carried through into the government of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Mr. Dantas is alleged to have been one of the funders of a cash-for-votes scheme in Brazil’s Congress mounted by leaders of Lula’s Workers’ Party in 2003—2004. Many of those who have had dealings with Mr. Dantas insist that these have been legitimate and conducted in good faith. They include Luiz Eduardo Greenhalgh, a lawyer and PT politician, whom he hired as a consultant.
What kind of relationship is reflected between Mr. Dantas and government in the passage?
选项
A、His influence on government may reduce his notoriety and crime.
B、In business privatization, he participated with demanding expertise.
C、He never meets the President himself.
D、People knowing him deem that he was sheer evil.
答案
B
解析
事实细节题。由定位句中supposed influence in government可知,本段是对丹塔斯先生和政府关系的描述。其中第二句提到During the 1990s,when many state—owned businesses were privatized,Mr.Dantas positioned himself as the man with the needed expertise and contacts,可见在私有化改革时,丹塔斯先生参与并提供了专家型的指导意见,B)符合题意。由定位句可知,他在政府的影响力并没有减少其恶名和罪行,故排除A);第三句提到He enjoyed easy access to the government…including meetings with thepresident himself,可见他是可以见到总统本人的,故排除C);倒数第二句提到Many of those who have haddealings with Mr.Dantas insist that these have been legitimate and conducted in good faith,因此并不是他所有的行为都是违法的,故排除D)。
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