Complaint will be filed with the Public Prosecutor’s Office to investigate multi-million transfers carried out before the freeze of operations, while ordinary account holders were left without access to salaries and pensions
A group of Paraguayan lawmakers led by Deputy Rocío Vallejo will formalize this Monday (9) a criminal complaint before the Public Ministry to investigate withdrawals considered privileged at Ueno Bank before the official announcement of a resolution by the Central Bank of Paraguay (BCP), according to the Paraguayan newspaper ABC Color on Sunday.
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The measure aims to punish authorities, executives, or influential people who would have used confidential information about the institution’s crisis to withdraw millions of dollars in investments just before the freeze on operations, while ordinary account holders had their accounts frozen and lost access to salaries and pensions.
In an Instagram post on Sunday, the lawmaker confirmed the start of drafting the legal document against unnamed individuals, which will be handed over to anti-corruption prosecutors to map large financial transfers made in the moments preceding the shutdown of the bank’s activities.
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In an interview with the Paraguayan outlet, the legislator stressed that the coordinated outflow of resources constitutes a serious crime in the Paraguayan penal code, arguing for the complete tracing of who leaked confidential data and who withdrew the capital without shielding or political patronage.
