Prosecutor’s office demands 36 months of preventive arrest for defendants in customs fraud case

public service requested 36 months of preventive detention in respect of seven people suspected of fraudulent customs receipts to the detriment of the State, who were arrested in an operation carried out last Friday, 4 November.

This requirement was put forward Corporate Provincial Attorney Specializing in Customs Crimes and Intellectual Property Infringements of Callao and includes Lisardo Pérez Coil, Head of the Customs Department of Imports, as well as Miguel Angel Farias Aseng and Luis Manuel Ludenha de Montalbán, SUNAT specialists.

Also included were commissioners Anthony Eric Arrasco Uschiano, Victor Waldera Ubillus and Victor José Ruiz Reategui; and businesswoman Yolanda Huaman Aquipucho. All of them are under investigation on suspicion of belonging to a criminal organization.

Petition against other detainees

Lucia provincial prosecutor Lisana Segama filed a motion for remand until National High Court of Specialized Justicewhere a hearing will be convened within the next 48 hours to assess the elements of conviction proposed in this case.

It is also necessary to take into account the forecast of punishment (if the criminal sanction exceeds four years of imprisonment), procedural danger (flight or obstruction by the accused), proportionality and duration of the measure.

The prosecutor’s office also demanded an eight-month travel ban, bail and restricted appearance for the remaining 25 people who were provisionally detained on November 4 as part of the mega-operation carried out in Lima, Callao, La Libertad, Arequipa and Tacna. .

These proceedings were conducted in accordance with the ruling First Court of Preliminary Investigation of the Superior Court of Callaowho ordered the arrest of 32 people.

tax dissertation

According to prosecutor Lizana, this criminal network could have committed its crimes in two ways: tax evasion and correcting irregular payments to companies. It also indicated that government officials were involved in this organization.

“These two modalities are being investigated: to stop paying taxes, that is, to evade paying tax in accordance with the list of importers who have been exempted from paying taxes. And the other modality is that some companies have adjusted the cost to pay according to the contract they made with the monetary arrangement between them,” he said.

“What they are accused of is the crime of misappropriation of customs revenues under aggravated circumstances. The criminal act we are investigating is basically exempting a certain list of companies from paying taxes and adjusting their value to undervalue their products, mostly textiles. “, held.