The Peruvian Public Prosecution Service on Friday demanded a 35-year prison sentence against the former president Peter-Paul Kuczynsky (2016-2018) for the offense of money laundering with aggravation of criminal organization as part of the investigation into the Odebrecht case.

The first office of the Lava Jato special team, headed by prosecutor José Domingo Pérez, presented the accusation against the former Peruvian president for corruption, state news agency Andina said.

The group, organized by Kuczynski, received more than $12 million from the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht, according to an investigation by the Public Prosecutor’s Office and others in consultancies and undercover advisory services for the works of Olmos, IIRSA and Rutas de Lima, among other operations related to the Lava Jato corruption case.

According to Andina, the accusation of the Public Prosecution Service also involved 4 natural persons and 4 legal persons, against whom sentences ranging from 11 to 35 years in prison have been demanded.

Homes of former Peruvian President Kuczynski have been seized over the Odebrecht case

On the RPP radio station, Julio Midolo, the lawyer of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, popularly known as PPK, said the former president did not commit money laundering and added that his accused is “quite calm” and confident that his innocence will be proven. . .

“This allegation has not yet been formally reported to the defense. Today we were notified of a tax ruling on the end of the investigation,” Midolo said.

According to a recent court resolution, the former president is free and has the option to leave the country that lifted the impediment issued against him leaving Peru.