SAO PAULO, Brazil (Dow Jones) -- Wesley Batista, chief executive officer of JBS SA, has been suspended from his management position at the beef exporter by a court order, a Brazilian prosecutor said Tuesday.
The prosecutor's office confirmed Tuesday that the order, which became public Monday after 8 p.m. local time, applies to all of Batista's jobs and not just companies involved in a fraud investigation.
The suspension is in force until a judge issues a new order, or until the investigation is finished, a spokeswoman for the prosecutors office said. The order also applies to JBS Chairman Joesley Batista, who is Wesley Batista's brother.
Wesley Batista was detained by police for questioning in Sao Paulo on Monday as part of the probe of alleged fraud at some of Brazil's biggest pension funds. Joesley Batista wasn't questioned because he was out of the country.
There is no indication JBS is in any way involved in the alleged fraud, but the holding company that controls the beef producer also controls a paper pulp producer called Eldorado Brasil SA that is one of the targets of the probe.