Petrobras scandal draws in foreign investors

• Two major Singapore shipbuilders and three Brazilian companies with Japanese shareholders are accused of paying bribes in the Petrobras (PBR -4.1%) corruption scandal, FT reports, the first time a group of international investors has been linked to the scandal that threatens to drive Brazil’s most important company into bankruptcy.
• A former director of a leasing company in charge of supplying 29 drilling rigs for Petrobras through shipbuilders made the allegations about the companies in testimony to federal police.
• The Singaporean companies, Keppel (OTCPK:KPELF) and Sembcorp Marine (OTCPK:SMBMF), denied making illegal payments.