The former mayor of Maipú, Cathy Barriga, was about to be formalized for the crime of tax fraud. This is within the framework of one of the three causes that are being investigated after his administration in the said municipality.
After The Mercury The Western Metropolitan Prosecutor’s Office made the decision to formalize Barriga for fraud against the state treasury.
They also point out that “next month he is expected to testify for the second time in the case”, so coordination is being carried out in this regard in his defense.
The facts
The former mayor of the municipality of Maipú (2016-2020) is under investigation for not firing the municipal official. Andrea Monsalve who worked as a paid journalist.
The specialist only worked for a few months and then presented various medical licenses. During this time she continued to collect her salary and received a Total almost 100 million pesos.
The former mayor filed two complaints from the current mayor of Maipú: Tomas Vodanovic.
“No weight of the community went towards his wealth.”
The defender of the former mayor of Maipú, Marcelo Hadwa He told the aforementioned media that he had no confirmation of a “possible allegation” and “can only point out that I have no information about it.” But it seemed strange to me because The acts he is accused of do not constitute a crime“.
However, the lawyer explained that his client “did not commit any crime,” adding: “She did her work honestly, not a single peso from the community went into her assets.“.
It should be remembered that the third case that Barriga has does not have a defined formalization, but it concerns a suspected fraud against the Ministry of Finance, which would be compromised 21 billion pesos.
