Rio de Janeiro — Brazilian police on Thursday arrested the chairman of the country’s Olympic Committee as part of a probe into alleged buying of votes to secure Rio’s hosting of the 2016 Games. Police said Carlos Nuzman, 75, was arrested on suspicion of corruption, money laundering and criminal association. Twenty police officers deployed early Thursday in Rio de Janeiro on orders from a federal judge, arresting Nuzman and seizing documents. The officers also arrested the Rio 2016 committee’s chief operating officer Leonardo Gryner, according to an AFP photographer. Following an investigation dubbed "Unfair Play" that spanned several countries, Brazilian officials in September said Nuzman was the "lynchpin" in a plot to bribe the International Olympic Committee into awarding Rio de Janeiro the Games in 2016. Authorities allege that former Rio governor Sergio Cabral — who is serving a 14-year prison term for bribery and money laundering — was the mastermind of the plot, which saw $2m...
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