President of Brazil's Chamber of Deputies Eduardo Cunha participates in a session of the chamber in Brasilia, Brazil, September 22, 2015. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
BRASILIA/ZURICH (Reuters) - A group of lawmakers called for the resignation of the speaker of Brazil's lower house of Congress, Eduardo Cunha, on Thursday after Switzerland provided Brazilian prosecutors with details of Swiss bank accounts in his name.
Cunha, who has been charged with corruption and money laundering in Brazil's largest-ever bribery and political kickback scandal, refused to comment on the accounts that have been frozen by Swiss authorities.
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