25 year-old mayor of Bom Jardim, one of the poorest municipalities in the state of Rio de Janeiro - Brazil, is currently on the run after authorities found evidence that some $4 million (£2.6 million) in funds for Bom Jardim's schools is missing.
Lidiane Leite was elected after her ex-husband, Beto Rocha, was barred from running for mayor in 2012 for alleged corruption. She was reported as boasting on social media of how she had embraced a luxurious lifestyle after becoming mayor.
The social media site was filled with images of her drinking champagne at parties, posing with her personal trainer, or frolicking on jet skis with her friends, she lived in Sao Luis, a coastal town in between Belem and Fortaleza in Northern Brazil, and running her cabinet via WhatsApp.
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