Tax official denied bail in corruption scandal
A Colombian tax official was denied bail Monday as she awaits trial for her alleged part in an embezzlement scheme that diverted billions of dollars in public funds. A judge…
A Colombian tax official was denied bail Monday as she awaits trial for her alleged part in an embezzlement scheme that diverted billions of dollars in public funds. A judge…
13 members of Colombia’s tax authority, DIAN, were held without bail Friday for implications in the recent tax embezzlement scandal. According to local media, a total of 13 people…
Prosecutors issued arrest warrants Wednesday for five more Colombians suspected of embezzling billions of dollars in taxes. Andrea Botina Botero, Diana Marcela Ramos, Antonio Ramon Angulo, and Fernardo Vargas Quinceno…
The alleged mastermind of Colombia’s tax embezzlement scandal, which cost the government billions of dollars, pleaded guilty to corruption charges Tuesday. Blanca Jasmin Bercerra, who is accused of organizing the…
Of the 13 arrested tax workers accused in a multi-million dollar tax embezzlement scandal, only one has pleaded guilty to all charges, reported Caracol Radio Tuesday. Sandra Liliana Rojas, an…
The Prosecutor General’s Office accused the former director of Colombia’s tax agency of negligence during a public hearing Friday, El Espectador reported. Nestor Diaz, director of DIAN during the Uribe…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos publicly addressed the DIAN embezzlement scandal on Thursday, indicating that the arrests of 12 public officials are only the beginning of a corruption shakedown. Santos…
Ten officials from Colombia’s tax authority DIAN were arrested Wednesday on suspicion of embezzling billions of dollars from tax payers. El Tiempo reported earlier that day that Colombia’s Prosecutor General…
Foreign tourists visiting Colombia for the FIFA U-20 World Cup in July will be able to pay in their own nation’s currency, according to the Sub-director of Exchange Control. Payments…