2023-05-13 01:53:13
The Peruvian Public Ministry requested this Friday a 35-year prison sentence for former President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (2016-2018) for the crime of money laundering with the aggravation of criminal organization as part of the investigation of the Odebrecht case.
The First Office of the Lava Jato Special Team, headed by prosecutor José Domingo Pérez, presented the accusation once morest the former Peruvian president for corruption, according to Andina, the state news agency.
According to investigations by the Prosecutor’s Office, the group organized by Kuczynski received more than 12 million dollars (almost 11 million euros today) from the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht and others in consultancies and undercover advice for the Olmos, IIRSA and Rutas de Lima works, among other operations related to the Lava Jato corruption case.
In the accusation of the Public Ministry, according to Andina, 4 natural persons and 4 legal persons were also included, once morest whom sentences ranging from 11 to 35 years of imprisonment have been requested.
at the station RPPJulio Midolo, the lawyer of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, popularly known as PPK, said that the ex-president has not committed money laundering and added that his client is “quite calm” and is confident that his innocence will be proven.
“This accusation has not yet been formally notified to the defense, today we were notified of a tax provision on the end of the investigation,” Midolo pointed out.
The former president is free and with the possibility of leaving the country, according to a recent judicial resolution that lifted the impediment issued once morest him to leave Peru.
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