The criminal structure allegedly appropriated $ 2,600 million pesos. Its alleged members were arrested after proceedings carried out in Tolima, Santander and Quindío.
As a result of a joint work of the Office of the Attorney General and Sijin (National Police) in Medellín, an illegal activity committed by two entities providing health care services (Institutos Prestadores de Salud (IPS)) in order to collect some money for to the alleged assistance to patients who, actually, never had a medical treatment nor visited the facilities, has been revealed.
According to evidence in posession of the Office of the Attorney General, between 2013 and 2014 employees of the two mentioned IPS with headquarters in Ibagué (Tolima), illegaly accessed two databases belonging to the health care promoting entities (Entidades Promotoras de Salud – EPS) in Antioquia, Comfama and Savia Salud, and they allegedly stole confidential information from several members.