Martinelli dream team member and wife jail bound

The Descarga Anti-Corruption Prosecutor reported on Wednesday, February 15, that it was able to confirm the sentence of 6 years in prison for the former minister, Guillermo Ferrufino, and his wife Milena Vallarino de Ferrufino, for the crime of unjustified enrichment. Ferrufino was a member of former president Martinelli’s dream team with his own presidential ambitions until like many of the team he took the ‘follow the leader’ mantra too literally and got itchy fingers and took his wife along for the ride.

On February 22, 2022, the Third Settlement Court for Criminal Cases issued the sentence. But it was appealed.

According to the prosecution, the spouses could not justify assets that reach $2,288,000.

In the trial held in December 2021. At that time, the prosecution presented evidence collected in the investigation, initiated as a result of an audit report from 2014, which revealed that Ferrufino could not justify certain assets acquired during his management as a minister in the era of Ricardo Martinelli (2009-2014).

The Comptroller’s audit revealed that in his five years in office, Ferrufino obtained income for the sum of $1,126,884, but his expenses, acquired assets, and bank accounts reached the sum of $3,415,180. He could justify an amount of $2,288 000.