Money launderer swops 5-years jail for once a week office job

The  Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office is appealing the ruling of a compliance judge that  converted  a five-year prison term  for money laundering connected to  the Odebre

Money launderer swops 5-years jail for once a week office job

The  Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office is appealing the ruling of a compliance judge that converted a five-year prison term for money laundering connected to the Odebrecht bribery scandal to a one-day a week shift in a  health center as a general assistant.

Judge , Héctor Zarzavilla Pérez, granted community service to Raúl de Saint Malo on  Friday, August 14,

At the hearing, the judge agreed to substitute the sentence for community work at the “Emiliano Ponce” Health Center, located in the Calidonia district.

This “after considering that they met all the requirements to replace the prison sentence,” says a statement from the Judicial Branch.

Saint Malo must carry out the work in the Department of General Services, Health Center, every Thursday from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm.

“And you will have to fulfill these tasks until you complete the term of your 60-month sentence,” said the judge

In addition, the judge warned him that he must not leave the country, must have good behavior, not carry firearms, not consume alcoholic beverages or drugs, and must report to the Compliance Court on the 14th of each month.  

Prosecutor Anilú Batista Carles said that he will present an appeal. The hearing appeal will be onAugust 21, at 3:30 pm in the Superior Court of Appeals.