Brazil's richest man went from US$35 billion to minus $1 billion and was jailed for bribery
Eike Batista (EBX / OGX) · Oil, mining and logistics (listed group)
The case in brief
Visible before detection
Checks that could have surfaced it, on hindsight
Document authenticity / direct pull
Would have tested resource claims against independent reports.
Can mislead when: The company can refuse consent, and a refusal is itself a flag. Some banks and co-op banks are not on AA yet.
Ownership / related-party links
Would have mapped inter-company dependencies.
Can mislead when: Nominee directors and offshore layers hide links. Name matching throws up false positives, so every flag shows its evidence path.
Regulatory & litigation records
Would have tracked bribery investigations.
Can mislead when: Court records lag and name spellings vary. A clean record can mean the problem has not reached court yet.
Where Kubr services would have helped
Valuation context
Offered in India- C8 Would have tracked bribery investigations.
Verified Snapshot
Offered in India- C3 Would have mapped inter-company dependencies.
- C8 Would have tracked bribery investigations.
Financial diligence
Offered in India- C3 Would have mapped inter-company dependencies.
- C5 Would have tested resource claims against independent reports.
Legal diligence support
Offered in India- C3 Would have mapped inter-company dependencies.
- C8 Would have tracked bribery investigations.
Mapped from the checks each service runs. A hindsight reading of public records, not a promise that the failure would have been found.
Same pattern
A summary of public documents. It reports what the sources say. It is not Kubr's finding and not a statement of guilt.