Schoolbags fraud defendant gets exit permit
POULETT MORALES, the Marbella boutique owner awaiting trial for alleged cost overruns in the sale of school bags through the National Assistance Program (PAN), has been granted permission to leave the country for “health business”
She was moved from preventive detention to country arrest after posting $100,000, bail on October 15 last year. She had been behind bars since June 3. She was hospitalized from August to November at the National Hospital.
Her lawyer Giovanni Olmos, said she will be abroad “two or three days” this week for “health business,”. He did not elaborate reports La Prensa,
In an audit report of the Comptroller, it was determined that six companies caused an injury to the State of $14.2 million in contracts for the purchase of 600,000 school bags during the Martinelli administration.
Corporations APM Supplies and Comercializadora Galbedusa Panama, SA, are both owned by Morales alon with Unitel Trader, S.A.and Consulting Inc., S.A
Last year, the US government revoked her visa a move she blamed on La Prensa for reporting her case.