Brazil building execs accused in 'Carwash' graft scandal

Rio de Janeiro

FEDERAL prosecutors formally accused executives from Brazil's top builders of participating in the country's biggest corruption scandal in history.

Prosecutors on Friday accused Marcelo Odebrecht, chief executive officer of Odebrecht SA, and Otavio Marques de Azevedo, president of Andrade Gutierrez SA, with corruption, money laundering and forming a criminal organisation.