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Peru takes ex-president's passport amid corruption probe
Updated 9:17 pm, Saturday, March 24, 2018
LIMA, Peru (AP) — A Peruvian judge on Saturday barred recently resigned President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski from leaving the South American nation for 18 months while he is investigated for possible money laundering.
The ruling came a day after congress accepted Kuczynski's resignation and swore in Vice President Martin Vizcarra as his successor.
Kuczynski, 79, is being probed for some $782,000 in payments his consulting firm received a decade ago from Odebrecht, the Brazilian construction giant at the heart of Latin America's mammoth bribery scandal. Some of the payments took place when Kuczynski was a government minister, raising questions about whether they were made in return for political favors.
The former Wall Street investor has denied any wrongdoing. He said that the consulting firm, Westfield Capital, was then being managed by his business partner and that he paid taxes on all earnings from that era.
More:
https://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Peru-takes-ex-president-s-passport-amid-12778766.php