Ex-Panama Mayor and sting man called to court
FORMER Panama Mayor Bosco Vallarino, and the man who trapped him into accepting a bribe in a videoed sting operation are scheduled to appear in court for a preliminary hearing on November 15 this year..
Vallarino, who is under house arrest is charged with the alleged crime of corruption, after being accused of accepting $6,000 to process a contract for an underground parking lot by Alexander
Judge Zaida Cárdenas of the 10th Criminal Court has asked authorities in the Dominican Republic to notify Ventura Nogueira of the preliminary hearing, as he is named for the alleged crime of corruption of public servants.
When the investigation was first opened, Vallarino was placed under house arrest and as it proceeded the Fourth Anti-Corruption Prosecutor called him and and Nogueira to trial.