May 10 2023
Public Prosecutor
Addressed to Judge María Leticia Cedeño Suira of the Eleventh Circuit Civil Court of the First Judicial Circuit of Panama, the notice posed six specific requests:
The notice forms part of the investigation into alleged offenses against public administration, filed by attorney Carlos De Icaza Muñoz and registered under criminal case file <law id="pty-202300033850" />. It constitutes one of the first investigative steps following the <doc id="pty-202300033850-2023-05-09-a" /> filed on May 9, 2023, in which Lisa, S.A. accused Bosch Gutiérrez of peculado (embezzlement) in extended modality, with an estimated amount of $70,000,000.00. The complaint alleged that Bosch Gutiérrez, in his capacity as judicial depositary constituted before the Eleventh Civil Court under Case No. 7081-08, unlawfully retained dividends owed to Lisa, S.A. as holder of 33.3% of the share capital of Villamorey, S.A., without filing any management reports or returning the funds after the deposit was resolved through <doc id="pty-556-99-2018-12-05-a" />, issued December 5, 2018.
The Eleventh Civil Court's response to this request was subsequently documented in <doc id="pty-202300033850-2023-08-24-a" />, dated August 24, 2023, which confirmed that Bosch Gutiérrez never filed any reports on his performance as judicial depositary.