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Former Panama VP arrested in corruption probe |
2015-06-06 |
![]() Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! on charges of money laundering in an ongoing investigation. Virzi allegedly reaped millions of dollars for illegally assisting a company to win a government contract. Hopefully he destroyed his personal computer server. He was the vice president of Panama from 1994 to 1999, spending a total of five years in public office in the Central American country. Virzi was the business partner of ex-president Ricardo Martinelli, who himself in being investigated by authorities on similar charges. Anti-corruption prosecutors, who were investigating the case, ordered Virzi's arrest on Wednesday. Investigators claim that Virzi received a USD 10-million payment from an Ecuadoran company for helping it win an irrigation system contract. He was reportedly no longer vice president at the time of the alleged payment. |
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