New bank accounts seized in suspended judge investigations

NEW BANK ACCOUNTS with funds of more than a million dollars, related to the investigation of suspended  Supreme Court Judge Alejandro Moncada Luna, were sized on Thursday, January 22 by the National Assembly  prosecutor of the case, Deputy Pedro Miguel Gonzalez.

The prosecutor confirmed that the accounts seized were of contractor of the court whose name he  has not revealed. “In a few days I will ask for a hearing to submit this decision to the judges of guarantees. We decided to apprehend these accounts that exceed one million dollars in a bank in Panama, “he said. So far, the number of accounts and properties seized in relation to the Moncada Luna case total $ 4.4 million, reports La Prensa..

This includes more than 14 bank accounts, an apartment in the PH Santorini, one in the Ocean Sky building and three luxury vehicles. Among the cars arw a 2015 Evoque, color Orkney gray Range Rover, valued at $63,000; and  a Lexus SUV with a value of $50,000.

These two cars are in the name of the children of MoncadaLuna. A Toyota Land Cruiser Prado model 2014, which belongs to the magistrate and is valued at $50,000 was also seized

He said that Moncada Lunasubmitted a medical certificate of disability in late December until January 12 and then delivered another, which extends the inability to 27th this month.

“We are about to conclude the investigation and hope before February 20 to make the corresponding accusation.”

The prosecutor said that after that the suspended judge  appeared on  a local television station, where he was appeared in  good health, so he has asked the Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences for an evaluation to determine his status.

A DEAL?
González said he now has good communication with the new counsel for the accused, Ramiro Jarvis, and  that before the end of the investigation as stipulated in the Criminal Procedure Code Article 220, he will converse with the accused and try to reach an agreement.

The arrangement would be the acceptance by the accused of the crimes he is charged with , or part thereof, and the penalty to be imposed. Moncada Luna is being investigated on charges of unjust enrichment, falsification of documents, corruption and money laundering. “They have been making approaches whichJ arvis initiated, so that before the end of the investigation we will  review the possibility that the prosecution could reach an understanding with the accused.

Prosecutors would  fail to explore that possibility  but would not reach an understanding, until the investigation is completed investigation, and appropriate charges laid.