Twin raids in $9 million sports scam probe

 

The Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office carried out  simultaneous raids on Thursday, May 23  in Santa Ana and Parque Lefevre  on two companies  Dutary Sports and Niky’s Corporation under the spotlight in an investigation of  alleged irregularities in the purchase of sports equipment by sports federations with funds from the Panamanian Sports Institute (Pandeportes),  

The anti-corruption prosecutor, Leyda Sáenz said that the investigation is preliminary. “There have been about 17 inspections to different areas of difficult access and so far there is no record, in these areas, that sports equipment has have been received.”

Sáenz clarified that in this phase of the investigation there are no detainees.

A  report submitted by the Office of the Comptroller General reflects  inconsistencies in money, for an approximate amount of $ 9 million.

 

 

 

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