Concludes First Day of Hearing in the Sinohydro Case; This Tuesday the Prosecution Starts with the Evidence to Prove that Lenin Moreno and Others Received Bribes
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Once the “opening arguments” of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, the Attorney General’s Office, as a particular accusation, and the lawyers of the 21 accused as direct perpetrators and accomplices of the crime of bribery, within the Sinohydro case, the president of the Juzgamiento Tribunal, Manuel Cabrera, on the afternoon of Monday, May 11, ordered that the trial proceedings be suspended and continued on Tuesday, May 12, at 08:30.
“Formula of 4%” commits Moreno: Prosecutor’s Office revealed that Sinohydro would have paid USD 76 million in bribes Bank records detailing that the funds came from “commissions” equivalent to 4% of the contract signed with Sinohydro. The Prosecutor’s Office traced the transfers of a scheme of coimas that benefited the ex-mandatario. The evidence collected by the Attorney General’s Office [...] The entry Ecuador Former President Lenin Moreno ap…
The former Ecuadorian president, Lenin Moreno and his close relatives have been facing a trial since Monday for allegedly receiving bribes from the Chinese company Sinohydro for the award of the contract for the construction of one of the largest hydroelectric power plants in the country. The entry Begins trial against former president Moreno for alleged corruption was first published in El Diario
In total there are 21 accused in this case, which also includes Moreno's wife, his daughter, other relatives and government officials.
Quito (EFE) – Ecuador's National Court of Justice began the Sinohydro case trial on Monday, in which former President Lenín Moreno (2017-2021) is accused of bribery for allegedly receiving bribes from the Chinese state-owned company for the construction of the country's largest hydroelectric plant while serving as Vice President under Rafael Correa. The former president, who currently serves in Paraguay as the Organization of American States (OA…
In the criminal case, in addition to the former president, another 20 persons are prosecuted for the alleged crime of bribery.
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