Bud Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Quote OFF THE CUFF: Gucci lady remains mum Posted on August 23, 2016 in Panama No words for the media Post Views: 82 FORMER DEPUTY Minister of Social Development Zulema Sucre made her second appearance before anti-corruption prosecutors Monday August 22. She was facing additional questioning inacorruption case involving allegations she abused state resources. The charges resulted from a complaint filed by her former bodyguards who claimed she made them perform menial duties, including walking her dog which she called Gucci and designated a VIP, according to her security detail. Her initial interview was Thursday last week when she told waiting media that all would be explained and the charges were false. Before her second interview she was more restrained and by-passed the media when she arrived at the prosecutor’s office. When she left she had been placed under “country arres” and ordered to report weekly to authorities She resigned from her position March 1 after a mini-scandal that stretched up to the president’s office. Her former security guards say she had them walk Gucci from 7am to 10am. http://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/off-cuff-gucci-lady-remains-mum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted December 5, 2017 Moderators Share Posted December 5, 2017 Quote Gucci Lady December trial Posted on December 4, 2017 in Panama Zulema Sucre Post Views: 188 A FORMER Vice Minister of Social Development who gained notoriety in January 2016 as the “Gucci lady” will face trial for alleged embezzlement on December 15, with an alternative date of December 21. The dates were set by by 16th Criminal Court Judge Enriquez Perez. A La Prensa cartoonist’s take on the Gucci dog scandal Zulema Sucre, who has been under country arrest since August last year became a media and social network celebrity when she was accused by one of her security escorts of ordering him to perform tasks that were far from his functions like taking her pet dog, Gucci, whom she deemed a VIP for walks several hours a day in a public park in the capital city. FORMER DEPUTY Minister of Social Development Zulema Sucre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted May 31, 2021 Moderators Share Posted May 31, 2021 Quote Supreme Court rejects appeal in “Gucci” dog walking case Posted 30/05/2021 The Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by the defense of the former Deputy Minister of Social Development (Mides), Zulema Sucre, sentenced to 36 months in prison for the crime of embezzlement in the so-called Gucci case. The process against Sucre, who served as deputy minister between July 2014 and March 2016, in the administration of President Juan Carlos Varela, began after her bodyguards filed a complaint with the National Authority for Transparency and Access to Information (Antai), in which they complained that the official dismissed them because they refused to carry out domestic tasks, such as walking Gucci, Sucre's dog. Also, according to the complaint, they had to accompany her daughters to parties and even to carnival with their friends. The former director of Antai, Angélica Maytín, filed the complaint with the Public Ministry on February 22, 2017. On July 2, 2018, Sucre was acquitted by the Sixteenth Criminal Judge, Enrique Pérez, but on November 23, 2020, the Second Superior Court of Justice reversed the decision, after an appeal from the Discharge Anticorruption Prosecutor's Office https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/supreme-court-rejects-appeal-in-gucci-dog-walking-case Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted August 16, 2021 Moderators Share Posted August 16, 2021 Quote “Gucci” girl seeks replacement for 3-year jail term Posted 15/08/2021 Zulema Sucre, former Vice Minister of Social Development will face a hearing on August 20 to request a replacement sentence for the three years imprisonment she received when she was convicted of the crime against the public administration (embezzlement) to the detriment of the entity where she worked. The former official was sentenced to 36 months in prison, after her assigned bodyguards denounced her for wanting to force them to do tasks that did not correspond to their role, such as walking the former vice minister's pet dog called "Gucci." Sucre's legal defense filed a cassation appeal on May 30, 2021, but it was not admitted by the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/gucci-girl-seeks-replacement-for-3-year-jail-term Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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