Moderators Moderator_02 Posted August 21, 2021 Author Moderators Share Posted August 21, 2021 Quote Martinelli’s ex-secretary loses arrest freedom bid Posted 20/08/2021 A request for bail not to be detained was denied to Adolfo Chichi De Obarrio, private secretary of former President Ricardo Martinelli, by the First Criminal Liquidation Court, in the process for alleged embezzlement in the purchase of backpacks through the National Aid Program (PAN). Judge Agueda Renteria dismissed the petition presented by attorney Víctor Collado, on behalf of De Obarrio, considering that the defendant has not shown interest in appearing in the process and that he is charged with serious crimes, such as embezzlement, corruption of public servants, and fraud in public procurement acts since 2016. The judge also took into consideration the remarks by the former director of the PAN, Rafael Guardia Jaén, who confessed to the Public Ministry that De Obarrio was the one who ordered which companies had to grant the contracts. In 2018, the now liquidated Fifteenth Criminal Court requested Interpol to arrest De Obarrio. For this reason, De Obarrio was arrested in Milan, Italy. However, he was released days later because the National Assembly of Panama has not ratified the extradition treaty agreed between Panama and Italy in 2013, a procedure that the Parliament of Italy did. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/martinellis-ex-secretary-loses-arrest-freedom-bid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_03 Posted January 17, 2023 Moderators Share Posted January 17, 2023 Quote Chichi de Obarrio embezzlement trial suspended Posted 16/01/2023 The Third Criminal Case Settlement Court suspended on Monday, January 16, the trial of Adolfo 'Chichi' De Obarrio and 16 other people for the alleged embezzlement to the detriment of the extinct National Aid Program (PAN) through a contract for the purchase of backpacks that would be delivered to public school students. The trial was scheduled to start at 8:00 a.m. but was interrupted after one of the defense lawyers appealed the evidence order that had to be evaluated during the process. The first judge of criminal cases, Agueda Renteria, sent the appeal to the Superior Court of Settlement to resolve it and then set a new trial date. For this case, De Obarrio was notified by the Court so that he was duly represented. De Obarrio, the former private secretary of ex-president Ricardo Martinelli also faces a process for the alleged commission of the crime of illicit enrichment. He is currently a fugitive in Italy which has no extradition treaty with Panama. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/chichi-de-obarrio-embezzlement-trial-suspended Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_03 Posted March 2, 2023 Moderators Share Posted March 2, 2023 Quote Judge has 30 days to rule on guilt of Martinelli’s ex-secretary Posted 01/03/2023 The Third Liquidating Judge of Criminal Cases, Baloisa Marquínez, accepted the term to decide the guilt of De Obarrio, who is a fugitive in Italy and was notified via judicial assistance. In the trial, the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor requested a conviction for the crime of money laundering for receiving bribes from businessmen. Víctor Collado, Obarrio's lawyer, requested the suspension of the hearing on the grounds that his client had not been notified. He argued that there was an extradition process. The Prosecutor's Office in charge of, Aurelio Vásquez, questioned the Court arguing that there was an extradition order and that he did know the whereabouts of Obarrio. The Court's response reported that the necessary procedures were carried out to request Obarrio's extradition, but it was not formalized. In addition, the exact place of residence of the requested person in Italy is known, for which reason he was notified. The case is related to the investigation that the Office of the Attorney General began in September 2017, and is related to the Blue Apple Services company, created by several former officials with the purpose of allegedly laundering the money they received, paid as bribes, and that they came from State funds, by construction companies that carried out projects with the national government in the period 2010-2014, for which they also used the local and international banking system. A hearing is scheduled in July against 26 people for the crime of money laundering, 11 of these also for illicit association and 2 for corruption of public officials. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/judge-has-30-days-to-rule-on-guilt-of-martinellis-ex-secretary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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