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The Comptroller General of the Republic objected more than US $ 3,000,000 to the Chilean Army for service commissions abroad, tickets, freight and other associated expenses.
The antecedents were revealed after an audit carried out to the military entity whose objective was to supervise and examine the expenses for these concepts, which were related to trips abroad by Chilean Army officials during January 1, 2016 and January 31, 2016. December 2018, and previous or subsequent months, as the entity deems necessary.
Part of the results argue that the Army “It provided funds to officials to pay for freight, packaging and excess baggage, for a total of USD 3,192,094.52, for the fulfillment of service commissions abroad, without having a supporting record that proves the investment of these resources for such purposes “.
Likewise, the report indicates that the “payment in excess of the increase in the allowances for change of residence corresponding to an amount of $ 12,864,683 was verified, due to the use for its calculation of the exchange rate ‘dollar agreement’, in circumstances that correspond use the ‘observed dollar’ exchange rate ”.
Comptroller indicates that also The existence of “excess disbursements for per diem for a total of USD 3,095.76, associated with the execution of commissions abroad, was verified, verifying the payment for all the days of the assignment —for a value corresponding to 100 % of daily travel allowance— “.
“However, cases were evidenced in which the officials should not have incurred expenses related to accommodation, because they spent the night on the plane, or their stay on the commission was less than the days initially established, they specified.
Due to the three previous points, the Comptroller’s Office indicated that initiate a disciplinary procedure against the military institution “in order to investigate possible administrative responsibilities derived from the situations described”.
They also point out that will forward the information associated with the observation to the Internal Revenue Service so that “possible tax infractions that could derive from the facts presented” are investigated.
Another section maintains that an interviewee from the Comptroller’s Office stated that an operator of the Army’s Passage and Freight Section “requested by telephone that the amounts for excess baggage ‘should be returned in dollar currency, in cash, delivered directly to her ‘in Army premises ”.
“He added that for the international air tickets that they did not use and that had a purchase order, the operator required the return of their value in dollar currency, being received by it, specifying that between 2016 and 2017, returns were made for excess baggage, ticket not used and change of date of passage, for a total amount of USD 98,844.98, those who were personally handed over to that official ”, the text says.
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