The five lawsuits, filed in federal court in Brasilia, are against Camargo Correa, the Brazil unit of Japan's Sanko; Mendes Junior Engenharia; OAS; Galvao Engenharia; and Engevix Engenharia, the federal public prosecutor's office, known as MPF, said in a statement seen by Reuters on Friday.

The lawsuits also name 13 of these companies' subsidiaries and 28 of their executives as defendants, the news wire said.

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