Corruption prosecutor calls in comptroller auditors in $6.5 million scam
TWO AUDITORS from the Office of Panama’s Comptroller General were interviewed by the fourth anti-corruption prosecutor on Wednesday July 6 as part of the investigation into the alleged mismanagement of the Food Solidarity Program of the Institute of Agricultural Marketing (IMA) from July 2014 to April 2015.
A third auditor is scheduled to meet with prosecutors Thursday in the first alleged corruption scandal within the current government.,
A part of the case, former Institute Finance Director Matias Carrillo has been barred from leaving the country.
Other people linked to the case are former Institute Logistics Director Angel Avila, former Ministry of Agricultural Development Accounting Director Migdalia Gomez and business owner Jacinto Quintero.
An audit by the Office of the Comptroller identified a possible injury to the state of $6.5 million due to the alleged irregularities during the administration of former Institute Director Edwin Cardenas, who is also charged in the case.
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