lima peruvian president pedro pablo kuczynski acknowledge work financial adviser irrigation project own brazilian builder odebrecht odbes.ul saturday contradict previous denials link company odebrecht center latin america big graft scandal admit pay 30 million bribe secure contract peru decade kuczynski work cabinet former president alejandro toledo prosecutors say take 20 million bribe odebrecht 2001-2006 term however kuczynski name suspect far-reaching graft probe attorney general office televise interview local broadcaster rpp kuczynski deny partner investment fund allegedly link odebrecht however say work financial adviser several company need raise fund big project include odebrecht firm use bankers say kuczynski 79-year-old former wall street banker elect president 2016. banker new york prestigious bank one founder call project finance sometimes hire h2olmos irrigation project odebrecht own h2olmos sa form 2009 build operate one landmark project peru carve 20-kilometer 12-mile tunnel andes transport water irrigate agricultural field desert kuczynski comment could provide ammunition opposition-controlled congress target probe odebrecht link politicians kuczynski previously deny report local media odebrecht hire adviser decade ago mend tie oppose highway contract award company toledo government kuczynski provide additional detail work h2olmos office respond request comment however stress interview advise work do private citizen deny favor company public office odebrecht reach deal sell h2olmos brookfield infrastructure partner lp suez sa year ago however sale close attorney general office reopen preliminary probe relate odebrecht kuczynski year ago accuse kuczynski wrongdoing peru 's kuczynski acknowledge advise odebrecht project