SAO PAULO (Reuters) - A former executive at Brazilian engineering firm Odebrecht SA [ODBES.UL] told prosecutors that the company made illegal payments to help fund the campaign of Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes, weekly magazine Veja reported. Leandro Azevedo, a top Rio de Janeiro executive at Odebrecht, which built several works related to Rio's Summer Olympics held in August, said the company paid several senior politicians in Rio in exchange for favors that would benefit the conglomerate, according to Veja. Paes' 2012 campaign received 11.6 million reais ($3.4 million) in cash and $5. ...
