Complaint laid in $2,4 million  customs scam

Panama Customs Director, Tayra Barsallo, has filed  a criminal complaint for $2.4 million  alleged fraud against the

Barsallo said that some companies  linked to  individuals issuing  false receipts  for  items  that were not paid

She  stressed that they have made themselves available to the Public Prosecutor to support them in the

investigation and find the State’s officials responsible for the theft.

Between four to five companies were  involved plus  “all the additional ones that may come out after the investigation”

Barsallo said that the import tax payment ballots were not canceled in the banks and do not appear as canceled in the entity’s system. “They have been altered and the Public Ministry will determine that condition with the evidence they deem relevant.”