|
|
Breast Cancer
Killed 268 "Ticas" in 2006
10,000 Construction
Workers
80% Of Human
Trafficking is of Women
and Children, Report
Reveals
National Olympic
Committee Offices Raided
ICE and BCR Join
Forces |
|
National Olympic
Committee Offices Raided
The Comité Olímpico
Nacional (CON) -
national olumpic
committee - is the
subject of an
investigation by the
Fiscalía de Delitos
Económicos (fraud
section) and its offices
in Coronado were raided
Friday by the Sección de
Fraudes del Organismo de
Investigación Judicial (OIJ).
The investigation stems
from a complaint by
former CON official
Danny Valverde against
the head of the
committee, Jorge Nery
Carvajal. Valverde made
the complaint two weeks
ago against Carvajal who
has been at the post for
some 20 years.
In simple terms,
Valverde accuses
Varvajal of altering
invoices and receipts of
money coming into the
CON.
The complaint cites 37
specific instances that
include falsification of
documents, use of false
documents and fraudulent
administration.
The OIJ descended on the
CON offices in the early
hours of Friday to
confiscate documents
that will be analyzed to
support the complaint.
"It is a normal part of
an investigation. We
knew in advance that
they were coming and as
such we prepared all the
documents for them, as
we have noting to hide",
said Laureano Castro,
lawyer for Carvajal.
OIJ officials were at
the CON offices for
several hours and were
prepared with vehicles
to haul off the
documents and other
evidence.
Castro said that his
client is calm and will
not resist any request
by the Ministerio
Público if he is called
in to give a
declaration. Castro
added that it is a lie
that his client is out
of the country in an
attempt to flee justice.
The lawyer told the
press that the OIJ took
documents that are not
related to public funds
and that his client is
not a "public
functionary" as he
receives no pay.
While the Fiscalía
continues to
investigate, the CON
will continue operating
and expected to open its
doors on Monday as
usual.
Castro closed his
comments that an
investigation of this
type can take months or
years and did not
discard the possibility
that his client may
charge Valverde for
having taken documents
from the CON before he
was fired. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
