The judicial fate of the former comptroller Carlos Polit It is defined in July. The judge Kathleen Williams set for the 18th of that month the reading of the sentence for Polit for laundering money from bribes in the North American financial system, according to the Plan V Magazine.
On that date it will be known how many years in prison he will have to serve.
On April 23, a 12-person court found him guilty of six counts of money laundering: one for conspiracy to commit money laundering, three for concealment of money laundering, and two for participating in private property transactions derived from Criminal activities. That money came from bribes that the former contractor received from Sucre Insurance y Odebrecht.
The same day Polit He voluntarily surrendered to justice and is in the Federal Detention Center while awaiting his sentence.
But, as expected, the defense of Polit will appeal the jury’s decision. Likewise, bail will be sought to be released from jail before the sentence is read.
He Ecuador, Polit was tried and sentenced in absentia in 2018 to six years in prison for the crime of concussion in the bribery scheme of Odebrecht.
According to Ecuavisathe Ecuadorian justice system imposed six years in prison and the delivery of USD 40.4 million as reparation to the State.
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