Bail for ex-Minister upped to $600,000

BAIL  FOR  Panama’s former Finance Minister Frank De Lima has been bumped up to $600,000  by The Second High Court of the First Judicial District of Panama after an appeal by an anti-corruption prosecutor.

The bond had originally  been set at $250,000 but Anti-Corruption attorney Adecio Mojica. Argued that the audit of the Comptroller’s Office showed that the State could have suffered an economic injury of  about $3,219,320 because of Lima’s actions and bail should be increased.

On Monday  Oct. 16 The Court accepted Mojica’s appeal. Leaving De Lima having to find  another $350,000, if he wishes to return home while awaiting trial