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The Pichincha Criminal Court unanimously accepted the charge presented by the Transparency and Counter-Corruption Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor and sentenced to 9 years and 4 months of deprivation of liberty to María A., and Diego B., authors of the illegal collection of money in the Odebrecht case.
The punishment inflicted is the fine of 20 unified basic salaries and the value corresponding to the full compensation is "
According to the State Attorney General's Office (FGE), the l 39; The hearing, which began on June 4, was reinstated yesterday at 1 pm and ended at midnight on Tuesday, March 31. July
"In his final argument, Dr. César Suárez presented to the judges Milton Maroto – partner – Silvana Velasco and Luis Manosalvas the evidence that the convicted persons organized, developed and promoted in one to public activities or clandestine, financial intermediation activities without legal authorization " indicates the FGE.
The basic argument for demonstrating the execution of the crime, according to this function, were the testimony of 30 witnesses among the experts in eye inspection, forensic investigation, officials of the Superintendency of Banks, the Superintendency of the Popular and Solidarity Economy, the Capital Bank, the Internal Revenue Service; and the corresponding documentary evidence presented by the Office of the Prosecutor at the trial hearing.
The trial also served as a starting point for the Tribunal to ask the EGF to open an investigation into some fifteen persons
According to the decision, María A., was the director Saibank Regional, during which period it opened accounts, made transactions and wrote checks on behalf of the financial institution. While Diego B., in his capacity as Regional Director, received about 40 accounts
Both were convicted under Article 232 of the Criminal Code and in accordance with Article 47, paragraph 5, of the Criminal Code. the same law, increasing by one third From 2012 to 2017 with the help of the corresponding skills and through financial reporting, the Sai Bank records revenue in the national financial system of USD 153,760,436 and Expenditures of USD 146 – 423,877 being mostly transfers
It was determined that this case stems from the illegal activities carried out by the Odebrecht construction company in the country where it was learned that there was no business in the country. an unauthorized financial institution would have provided intermediaries with the opportunity to dispose of money in their possession. money without triggering alerts, which facilitates the payment of illicit money to public officials being investigated.
The Odebrecht case is a transnational bribery system involving 12 countries in the world, including Ecuador. According to estimates, in the beginning, bribes would have exceeded US $ 33.5 million for construction contracts with the state, but after deducting deductions, the amount of damages would exceed $ 40 million. [19659003] In the Odebrecht case, former Vice President Jorge Glas was sentenced in Ecuador to six years of imprisonment; his uncle Ricardo Rivera; Carlos V., Edgar A. and Ramiro C., after being convicted as the perpetrators of the crime of conspiracy.
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