The Penta case (or Penta-SQM, since the two cases are related) is a criminal case brought against Grupo Penta (or Empresas Penta), a Chilean holding company, and employees of the Chilean National Tax System (SII). Key employees of the firm have been convicted of committing tax fraud by creating fake invoices in the National Tax System (SII). These funds were then directed to the political campaigns of mainly UDI (far right wing) politicians as campaign contributions. Several Penta employees, as some of their family members, have been convicted[1] of tax evasion, bribery, and money laundering. Both directors of Penta Bank, Carlos Alberto Délano and Carlos Eugenio Lavín, were penalized with paying a fine, spending a few days in a special prison for economic crimes, and attending mandatory ethics classes.[2]
Update 2 December 2015: The former president of the UDI political party Jovino Novoa is sentenced to 3 years parole (pena remitida) for tax crimes.
Here are the defendants from Penta:
Name
position
sentence
Hugo Bravo
general manager
was charged in March[year needed][3] for money laundering, bribery, and tax fraud. He is currently[when?] under house arrest
Carlos Alberto Délano
director
charged 7 March 2015 with tax fraud and bribery. Was held and then released.
Carlos Eugenio Lavín
director
Spent his 73rd birthday in prison.[4]
Oscar Buzeta
business development manager
charged with tax crimes[5]
Here are the defendants from the SII:
Name
position
sentence
Ivan Alvarez
auditor
On March 25, 2015, the court found Ivan guilty and in the holding sentenced him to 5 years of imprisonment; fine in the amount of 1,900 million pesos; and confiscation of an apartment and a car
Sergio Diaz
accountant
4 years imprisonment; 700 million fine; forfeiture of two houses and an apartment.
Juan Carlos Prieto
accountant
5 years of probation, 290 million fine
Mitzi Carrasco
accountant
5 years of probation, 246 million fine[6]
Hernan Diaz
accountant
released
Francisco Sivic
accountant
released[7]
Horacio Mayquel
accountant
released
Orlando Carvajal
accountant
5 years of probation, $30 million fine
Here are some of the politicians to whom Penta funneled funds.
Name
party
status
Pablo Zalaquett
UDI, former mayor of Santiago
released from house arrest[8]
Iván Morerira
senator (UDI)
no charges[9]
Others charged:
Name
role
status
Pablo Wagner
mining subsecretary under President Piñera
under house arrest[10]
^"Condenas en fraude al FUT, la hebra que terminó en el caso Penta: 5 años para Iván Álvarez y 4 para contador Díaz". El Mostrador. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
^"The Chilean Spring (Part Three): How the Elite Tricked Us All". Alborada. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
^"Caso Penta: Este miércoles se revisan cautelares de Hugo Bravo y Manuel Antonio Tocornal". The Clinic. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
^"En prisión: Carlos Eugenio Lavín celebró su cumpleaños número 73 en Capitán Yáber". The Clinic.
^Chaparro, Andrea; Carvajal, Cinthya. "Penta-SQM: masiva formalización include a ex gerente de Bancard y ex diputado radical". El Mercurio. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
^Radic, Sandra (15 June 2015). "Otro coletazo del Caso Penta: SII quiere sacar a la Dirección Santiago Oriente del estado de riesgo vital y apunta a descongestionarla". El Mostrador. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
^Batarce, Catalina. "Fraude al FUT: este viernes se conocerá la sentencia de tres imputados". La Tercera. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
^"Caso Penta: Corte de Apelaciones revoca arresto domiciliario nocturno a Pablo Zalaquett". Diario Uchile. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
^Toro, P.; Matus, J. "Fiscalía pide formalizar a 19 personas por casos Penta y SQM". La Tercera.
^Baeza Palavecino, Angélica. "Caso Penta: Corte de Apelaciones mantiene arresto domiciliario de Pablo Wagner". La Tercera. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
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