The Sixth Anticorruption Prosecutor filed with the Judicial Office of Cocle an indictment against the former governor of that province Richard Fifer, in the process related to the alleged withholding payment of dues Social Security Fund (CSS).
Sources confirmed that prosecutors in the indictment the prosecutor asked the court for a sentence of 84 months imprisonment for Fifer, for the alleged commission of the offense cited.
After this brief submitted to the court shall fix the date for holding the intermediate hearing, which is governed by the accusatory system.
In his indictment, the prosecutor asked Fifer's conviction for allegedly withholding payment of dues CSS of Panama Infrastructure Development companies ($ 3 million 331 thousand) and Petaquilla Gold ($ 3 million 199 thousand).
This medium made six calls and left messages on cell Marilyn Melgar, legal advocate Fifer, but did not respond.
Fifer is preventively detained since 27 February by order of the judge of guarantees of Cocle Yazmín Jaen, who welcomed a request from the Attorney Sixth Anticorruption it considered that the investigation does not have fixed in Panama residence, and never responded to the subpoenas that they were made during the process that began in January 2015.
Fifer was extradited from Colombia, where he was arrested following a request to Interpol capture by the Sixteenth Circuit Prosecutor's Office as part of an investigation for alleged fraud to the detriment of the Canadian company Gold Dragon Capital.
Esquivel, OF A WITNESS ACCUSED
In the process for allegedly withholding quotas CSS by businesses and Panama Petaquilla Infrastructure Development, the prosecution also investigated the exdirectivo Rodrigo Esquivel.
Esquivel managed Petaquilla Gold for five years until August 2014, coinciding with the end of the administration of Ricardo Martinelli. Fifer replaced in September of that same year.
On 20 November 2015 a hearing in which he was charged charges Esquivel was held, however, almost five months later became an important witness prosecutors in the process.
April 4 last, the investigating judge Sandra Castillo endorsed a "partnership" agreement between the prosecutor Aurelio Vásquez, and Esquivel's lawyer, Roberto Moreno.
The agreement excluded Esquivel as accused in the process.
"The defendant agrees to cooperate effectively to clarify the crime, providing relevant to discover the criminal trial involving the author information," said the agreement.
Other cases
The former governor of Cocle has other processes pending in the judicial system, which also relate to the alleged withholding quotas to the CSS.
This time it is a workers alleged involvement of the South Sea business listing for the alleged withholding of dues CSS for $ 20,000.
In this investigation no injunction against Fifer.
The investigation process is in charge of fiscal Cocle, Yoselín Macías.
In late February 2016, the investigating judge gave him three month extension to the Macías prosecutor to continue the investigation in the case. The deadline is nearing completion.
Golden Dragon Capital
On May 13, 2015, prosecutors charged him with charges Fifer and his partner Kenneth William Morgan, but although they were cited several times, never appeared. Therefore, the prosecutor in charge of that office, Kira Lizbeth Brokamp, ??ordered the arrest of both.
The process originated from a complaint filed lawyer Francisco Zappi, who said that both offered to representatives of the company Dragon Capital Management Gold mining concessions for a million dollars. However, after payment of the money it was discovered that such concessions were only requests for mining.
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