In the PipMaster case, in which money laundering is suspected, 22 companies were linked to the investigation, according to the Prosecutor’s Office

The State Attorney General’s Office reported that it linked 22 legal persons to the case that investigates an alleged money laundering in which the company PipMaster Cía would be involved. Ltd.

That firm, according to the Prosecutor’s Office, was dedicated to raising money without having the legal authorization of the competent entities.

Judge issued preventive detention for three of the six arrested for alleged money laundering in an illegal money-raising company

On July 13, in the Criminal Judicial Unit of Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, preventive detention was issued for three of six detainees for alleged crime of money laundering by that company.

This, after operations carried out in the provinces of Pichincha, Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, El Oro, Azuay, Orellana and Manabí, where 36 raids were carried out.

Sale of food, cafeteria, ice cream parlors, sports activity, bowling alley, advertising consulting services, training, construction, among others, would be the commercial activities of the companies that would have been used to launder assets from the illegal collection of money. In exchange, economic returns were offered from 8% per month.

After a hearing, added the Prosecutor’s Office, the justice ordered the prohibition of disposing of assets, such as land, belongings and 16 vehicles; in addition, the immobilization of the funds in the accounts, as well as the intervention of legal entities.

Illegal money collector, based in Santo Domingo, mobilized $41 million and operated in several provinces, according to the Interior Minister

The amount of money seized in the financial system, according to the Prosecutor’s Office, amounts to $1.7 million.

For this reason there are six natural persons prosecuted, who would be the ones who directed the illegal business. The fiscal instruction was extended to 120 days. (YO)