RIO DE JANEIRO — A special aide to embattled BPresident Michel Temer of Brazil was arrested on Tuesday in connection with a fraud scheme, and another aide gave police a bag filled with cash that was allegedly part of a bribe approved by the leader.

Tadeu Filippelli, who had an office next to Temer’s in the presidential palace, was arrested in connection with a fraud investigation into renovations of the Brasilia soccer stadium for the 2014 World Cup.

Brazil’s federal police say the construction works were overpriced by more than $260 million.

Hours after the arrest, Temer fired Filippelli.

In the same operation, two former governors of Brazil’s Federal District, which includes capital Brasilia, were also arrested.

Filippelli heads the Brasilia branch of Temer’s Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, was vice-governor of the Federal District under Queiroz and is one of the five special aides to the president.

Four of those aides now have been linked to corruption scandals. Only two remain in their positions.

Brazil’s top court has opened investigations into Temer for alleged obstruction of justice and involvement in passive corruption.

Associated Press