Two Brazilian executives arrested as Petrobras probe hits utility

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By Sergio Spagnuolo CURITIBA, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazilian police on Tuesday arrested two executives involved in building a nuclear power plant for Eletrobras, pulling the state-run utility into a corruption scandal that has engulfed government-owned oil company Petrobras. The arrests come as federal police follow allegations that a price-fixing, bribery and political kickback scheme they discovered at Petrobras extends to other state-led companies, including Eletrobras, Brazil's largest utility. "Unfortunately, it looks like we will go into other sectors as well, and the energy sector alone is already huge," federal police agent Igor Romario de Paulo said in a press conference.

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