Corruption case ‘De la Torre Prado’ in Petroecuador affects Pablo Celi and President of the Presidency José Agusto Briones | Economy | Notice

This madrugada 25 furniture is available in Quito and Guayaquil as part of the investigation into delinquency organized by the Taxpayer in the case of Raúl de la Torre Prado, exas- tor of the late Petroecuador Pablo Flores and parent of the general controller (s), Pablo Celi. Raúl de la Torre Prado was detained in July 2019 with $ 250,000 at the Miami Airport. Just like the theme, Pablo Celi como Pablo Flores tomaron distancia. In this case, we will have a parenthesis and no direct relationship with the news. In the case of Petroecuador, it is indicated that De la Torre is not a functionary of the company, but it is known that the cargo has the same day that it was detained.

The case of Raúl of the Torre Prado is one of five cases investigated by the United States Justice and of the figures such as the Minister of Energy, René Ortiz, as the manager of EP Petroecuador, Gonzalo Maldonado, he gave details, in the middle of a map cross, about the corrupt corruption cases in the petrol company.

According to Petroecuador, this process is the subject of an investigation into the activity-related crime that previously took place in the Fiscalía Antilavado de Activos n.º 1 cargo of Luis Augusto Rosero Ménde; without embarrassment, the trial was remitted to the Fiscalía de Fuero de Corte Nacional n.º 3.

Minister René Ortiz mentioned in his card that in November 2019, Raul de la Torre Prado, Petroecuador’s official, pleaded guilty to felony criminal mischief for the City of Florida. In the document that consists of the EE.UU cards. their puede learns: “Between 2018 and June 2019, the accusation, that works as an employee in Petroecuador, conspired with other officials of Petroecuador and the Governor of Ecuador and with persons in a scheme, to receive millions of dollars in exchange for money to a company obtaining and maintaining contracts and contractual payments from Petroecuador ”. Together with De la Torre also detained Roberto Barrera. In its declaration it will look for a senior official of Petroecuador, who will supervise the adjudication of contracts, as well as the payrolls in this company.

For its part, Maldonado has indicated that the median fiscal impetus of February 12, 2019, will lead to access to information to Petroecuador, by not being considered a victim. “It is our information that EP Petroecuador NO is considered as a victim in the process and that for its own reasons we can not accept it”.

Maldonado reiterates that this process is underway in the United States through the conspiracy offense to commence active activity. In this sense, the Prosecution Service, a body competent to defend the interests of the State at the international level, compares the criminal and criminal proceedings of the Squire Pattom Boggs firm, which has indicated to the Petroecuador that it will file a complaint against the latest legal information. Federal Fiscalía confirms that the corruption tram is not generated in new contracts of EP Petroecuador.

Additionally, on November 15, 2019, the State Fiscal General will announce the final measures taken by the United States in connection with a sobriety scheme that José Raúl de la Torre Prado will attend, in addition to requesting assistance. Cabe indicates that no receipts have been received by the State Tax Office for the time being.

Hoy a primera hora, luego de conocerse el caso, el presidente de la Republikica, Lenín Moreno, wrote in his Twitter account: “He has known about the detentions and alleged almsgiving in this case. As far as I am concerned from the first moment, I respect the Independence and autonomy of the functions of the State ”. (I)