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Cpt. 202300033850

Official Notice3299

The Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office requests the Eleventh Civil Court to provide authenticated copies of the Lisa, S.A. vs. Villamorey, S.A. civil case file to support the criminal embezzlement investigation.

Issued on
May 26 2023
Issued by
Public Prosecutor
Pages
1

The Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office of Panama's accusatory criminal system requested the Eleventh Circuit Civil Court to provide authenticated copies of the civil case file from the ordinary proceeding with sequestration action filed by Lisa, S.A. against Villamorey, S.A. The request, grounded in Article 75 of the Criminal Procedure Code requiring public and private entities to cooperate with prosecutors, supports the criminal investigation for alleged embezzlement () opened following the filed by Lisa, S.A. Weeks later, the Prosecutor's Office issued , formally admitting the complaint against Juan Luis Bosch Gutierrez.

Analysis

Basis for Request

The notice expressly invokes Article 75 of the Criminal Procedure Code, which obligates public and private entities to provide prompt, effective, and complete cooperation with requests from the Public Prosecutor's Office, under warning of the liabilities the law imposes for non-compliance:

"Las entidades públicas y privadas están obligadas a proporcionar la colaboración pronta, eficaz y completa a los requerimientos que formulen los agentes del Ministerio Público en cumplimiento de sus funciones, bajo apercibimiento de incurrir en las responsabilidades previstas en la ley." (Page 1)

On that authority, Assistant Anti-Corruption Prosecutor Lcda. Mirelly Diaz required the Eleventh Circuit Civil Court judge, Lcda. María Leticia Cedeño Suira, to transmit authenticated copies of the complete file of the ordinary proceeding with sequestration action filed by Lisa, S.A. against Villamorey, S.A., securing the documentary foundation for the embezzlement investigation docketed as , opened on the complaint of attorney Carlos De Icaza Muñoz.

Procedural Context

This notice is the Prosecutor's Office's second request to the Eleventh Civil Court in the investigation. Days earlier, , issued on May 10, 2023, had sought detailed information on the status of the civil proceeding, Juan Luis Bosch Gutierrez's appointment as judicial depositary, his compliance with reporting obligations, and copies of key filings. The present notice supplements that request by demanding the complete case file in authenticated copies.

Less than a month later, the Prosecutor's Office entered , dated June 22, 2023, formally admitting the criminal complaint against Bosch Gutierrez and recognizing Lisa, S.A. as the complainant party.

Legal Basis

  • Article 75, Criminal Procedure Code — Establishes the obligation of public and private entities to cooperate with requests from the Public Prosecutor's Office in the performance of its functions.

Signatories

  • Lcda. Mirelly Diaz, Assistant Anti-Corruption Prosecutor

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