{"id":219149,"date":"2020-05-15T14:50:51","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T18:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=219149"},"modified":"2020-05-15T14:50:51","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T18:50:51","slug":"corruption-discovered-in-covid-19-isolation-center-in-cuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/corruption-discovered-in-covid-19-isolation-center-in-cuba\/","title":{"rendered":"Corruption discovered in COVID-19 isolation center in Cuba"},"content":{"rendered":"

A police investigation uncovered \u201cdiversion\u201d of food and corrupt accounting<\/a> procedures in Villa Perlaz\u00facar, the first isolation center for COVID-19<\/a> suspects in Cienfuegos, located on the outskirts of that city in central Cuba.<\/p>\n

The inspectors of the Cuban Ministry of Interior (MININT) in charge of the investigation discovered \u201cfood shortages\u201d \u2015especially chicken\u2015in the center\u2019s storage room, in addition to \u201cadministrative violations constituting a crime,\u201d the newspaper 5 de septiembre<\/a><\/em> reported this Thursday.<\/p>\n

During the investigation, the authorities occupied 25,251 Cuban pesos (CUP) and 14 convertible pesos (CUC) in a backpack belonging to the center\u2019s administrator, who tried to justify the money as a result of sales made to the center\u2019s workers, but without documentation that would back them, according to the source.<\/p>\n

Given the signs of \u201clack of control,\u201d the Bureau of Criminal Investigations (OIC) of MININT, in charge of the investigation, requested a supervision action of the enterprise, in which they verified a preliminary economic effect of 45,910.24 CUP.<\/p>\n

The revised documentation shows that, for several days, the number of meals that were declared were well above what the villa actually had.<\/p>\n

Major \u00c1ngel Lorenzo Garc\u00eda, an ICO officer who is conducting the process, said that statements by the pantry worker who took food to the sick, refer that she never distributed the entire amount of chicken, as established by the documents from the store room, according to the local media.<\/p>\n

Investigators revealed that the villa director sent seven boxes of chicken to some of his friends. They also discovered links between the official and the manager and storekeeper of the Escambray Restaurant, where they intended to sell the allegedly stolen goods.<\/p>\n

\u201cDescontrol y malas pr\u00e1cticas\u201d en Empresa de Astilleros de Cuba<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n