In Panama the Owner of ‘Donde La Parce’ Colombian Katerine Roxana Carvalho Hidalgo, Pleaded Guilty to Money Laundering

Colombian Katerine Roxana Carvalho Hidalgo, who is listed as the owner of the beauty salons Salón Boutique La Parce (better known as Donde La Parce), yesterday accepted a plea agreement for the crimes of money laundering and criminal association.  Katerine Carvalho, who also had two properties in her name and controlled another ten through a foundation, received a five-year prison sentence.  Lawyers will try to replace his prison sentence with community service, it was learned.  According to authorities, more than $7.1 million has been laundered through the beauty salons Salón Boutique La Parce and Leblanc Salon Boutique in recent years.

Carvalho Hidalgo, arrested on Friday at Tocumen International Airport, joins three other individuals arrested – Donald Dale Gutiérrez (president of LeBlanc Salon Boutique SA), Narsy Milena Parra (Colombian), and Keyubeth Aldana (Venezuelan) – who were already placed in provisional detention as part of Operation Genesis, in which authorities seized $130,664.56 in cash and held $556,509.32 in banking sequestration. Eleven apartments, two residences, and two vehicles, valued at approximately $2.8 million, were also seized.  It was learned that Carvalho Hidalgo arrived in Tocumen from Bogotá, where a beauty fair had recently been held.