translated from Spanish: Three former Providence executives will be formalized for embezzlement

The East Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday requested the formalization of three former officials of the Social Development Corporation of Providencia for corruption offences. According to the document of the Prosecutor’s Office, which was granted by Emol, a millionaire “misappropriation of public flows and different public application” occurred between 29 December 2014 and 25 February 2016. That is, during the term of former mayor Josefa Errázuriz.This formalization of charges arises after the inquest that originated following the complaint filed by the current mayor Evelyn Matthei, within a few weeks of taking office. It was on February 3, 2017, that the communal chief charged an alleged crime of embezzlement of public flows against the former secretary general of the Municipal Corporation and the former directors of Education.According to Matthei it is that “a million-dollar embezzlement of public funds.” For its part, the board of directors of the administration noted at the time that “the municipality has discovered a severe and unprecedented deficit in the Social Development Corporation, which so far amounts to about $7 billion and that is basically because, during the previous municipal administration, the funds that the Ministry of Education provides annually for public school improvement programmes were not used, and that the fate of these funds is currently unknown.” The three officers were summoned to the hearing to be held on February 21 in the 8th Guarantee Court.

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