DAS 2 Case in Talcahuano Ends with Low Penalties: Trial Would Have Cost More than the Fraud Investigated

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The second trial ended with minimal penalties for the millionaire fraud in the DAS Talcahuano, in the Bío Bío region. The only public official in this case received 5 years of probation and the three businessmen involved 3 years of sentence transferred. From the Office of the Ombudsman it was emphasized that the case could end in an abbreviated procedure and thus have avoided a trial more expensive than the fraud investigated. The case for fraud…