The Quintavalle Saga
Continues; Fiscalía
Requests Revoking
Conditional Liberty
Matteo Quintavalle, the
Italian businessman
accused of defrauding
his investors, may soon
be back behind bars, as
a Pavas judge will have
the final decision on
the request by the
Fiscalía (prosecutors)
to return Quintavalle to
preventive detention
after he was released on
conditional bail.
The Fiscalía, in a
private hearing, asked
the court to revoke
Quintavalle's
conditional liberty.
"We came to see and wait
a decision on my
situation, we are calm
and will see what
happens", Quintavalle
said outside the
courthouse.
The Italian is being
investigated with fraud
of us$12.5 million
dollars from his
investors.
The conditional liberty
granted Quintavalle
months back was based on
his ailing health and
that he could get better
medical attention
outside the jail. The
Fiscalía, however,
argues that the
businessman is a flight
risk and the longer he
is free the better the
chances that he may
leave the country.
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