In the 2009 vote by the International Olympic Committee, Lamine Diack — Papa Massata Diack's father — was a powerful IOC member from Senegal with sway over Africa's voting bloc. He is also barred from contact with the IOC, the Brazilian Olympic Committee, and the local organizing committee. Prosecutors estimate his net worth increased 457 per cent in his last 10 years as the Brazilian Olympic Committee president. Schenider added that the "Olympic Games were used as a big trampoline for acts of corruption." Leonardo Gryner, Nuzman's right-hand man at the organizing committee, has also been charged by Brazilian prosecutors.

Source: CBC News October 20, 2017 19:10 UTC