And the owner said all business conducted by F3 “was for the benefit of Vantage Drilling... upon the request of the executive committee”, which included Vantage chief executive Paul Bragg as well as Su.

Houston-based Vantage did not immediately reply to a request for comment.

TradeWinds reported in August that Brazil’s Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office (MPF) filed charges against Su and five others as part of the continuing Operation Carwash investigation into alleged bribery to secure contracts from Petrobras, a government-controlled oil company.

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