Brazilian federal prosecutors have asked a judge to file corruption charges against former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
The prosecutors had been investigating whether Lula and his wife failed to declare ownership of a luxury penthouse in the seaside resort of Guaruja.
He has denied owning the flat and says the case is politically motivated.
The flat was built by a construction company implicated in a corruption scandal at state oil company Petrobras.
A former union leader, Lula served as president from 2003 to 2010.
A judge is due to rule in the next few days whether to formally charge him.
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