Tax embezzlement suspect assassinated

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Colombia Reports

Tax embezzlement suspect assassinated
Saturday, 16 July 2011 16:56
Adriaan Alsema

One of the suspects in a major corruption case involving more than a dozen tax officials who allegedly embezzled at least 350 million dollars has been assassinated, a prosecutor in the case said Friday.

Prosecutor Noel Cardenas told Caracol Radio that the victim was the legal representative of one of the companies used by the suspects to file false VAT returns.

The suspected embezzler was found murdered in "strange circumstances," the prosecutor said.

Authorities have so far arrested 13 government officials who are suspected of being part of a criminal network within tax office DIAN that embezzled the tax revenue.

Read more: http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/17690-tax-embezzlement-suspect-assassinated.html

[aquart]

1. In case anyone was thinking of talking?

[buckrogers1965]

2. Must have talked.

Must not have been a professional hit. They usually make it look like a suicide or a robbery.

[rabs]

3. If justice prevails in this latest scandal

the trail could lead straight to Alvaro Uribe, the good pal of dubya.

That's if other witnesses are not disappeared or shot to death first.