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A new edge is beginning to emerge in the criminal investigation carried out by the Eastern Prosecutor’s Office against the senator Manuel Jose Ossandón.
Until now, the former mayor of Puente Alto had been formalized for influence peddling, but new evidence indicates, according to La Tercera, that the prosecutor in charge suspects fraud against the treasury.
The foregoing, based on documents that show that, between 2017 and 2019, the parliamentarian and his secretary, María Paz King Suau, made electronic transfers that had not previously been declared in the investigation. In fact, so far King had ensured that there were no transfers between her and the senator.
According to the aforementioned media outlet, Ossandón deposited about $ 11 million, divided into 95 transfers, to his secretary, while the latter transferred back to the former mayor about $ 42 million; a difference of more than $ 30 million. All in the same period (2017-2019).
“A quite plausible explanation for the countless bank transfers that the secretary King Suau makes to her boss Ossandón Irarrázabal is that there may be an agreement between them for her to give part of her remuneration to him, which, if effective, becomes a ruse to defraud the State, by agreeing a simulated salary for Secretary María Paz King ”, indicate the arguments of the Prosecutor’s Office according to the aforementioned media.
Due to these facts, it is expected that the Public Ministry will summon King to testify as a defendant during the next few days.
“A situation that particularly draws attention, since there is no apparent explanation for the existence of such relevant flows from the secretary to her superior,” argues the prosecution.
This, added to the fact that King lied, according to the prosecution, in his first statement as a witness when he said that there were no transfers, in addition to erring in the figure of his salary (he assured that he received close to $ 2 million while the real number is closer to well at $ 4), they increase suspicions of tax fraud for the agency.
“It can be understood that he is not certain of the exact amount that (Secretary King) receives, but it does not seem credible that he has erred so grossly in the amounts, which denotes an eagerness to hide the real amount of his assets,” he added the Public Ministry.
In this regard, the senator’s defense argues that said monies, those of the transfers, “are referred, as has been proven, to the monies that his brother gave to the senator. These monies were deposited in Mrs. King’s account and she transferred them as the senator’s obligations were to be paid, all of which is recorded in the charts. They are transferred to her because she administers the money for the payment of the senator’s obligations ”.
The new information has already been sent to the State Defense Council (CDE), who could expand the complaint against Senator Ossandón, while the Prosecutor’s Office is already preparing the request for formalization by tax fraud against Ossandón , in addition to requesting his violation in the Court of Appeals.
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