Two former managers of the public company allegedly involved in embezzlement amounting to more than $ 80,000,000.

From June 10 to 12, the Office of the Attorney General filed charges against 10 people for committing embezzlement against the public entity Empresa de Acueducto, Alcantarillado y Aseo (Emac) S.A. E.S.P. Two of them were former managers of the company

The accused individuals must appear before trial for their responsibility in aggravated criminal conspiracy with multiple concurrent crimes, misappropriation with a series of similar crimes in 16 facts and ideological falsehood.

The events took place between February 2012 and April 2015, when the managers from the time and employees apparently allied themselves to defraud the company  by simulating contracts that were never executed, but some of them were paid in a partial manner and others in total.

The accused people were: 

      1. Daniel Fernando Martínez Falla, manager of Emac 2012-2014.
      2. Andrés Barreiro Soto, treasurer, and paymaster, budget, and physical resources chief from 2012 to 2015.
      3. Socorro Ramírez Flores, administrative assistant manager 2012-2016.
      4. Edgar Andrés Tovar Galindo, technical and environmental assistant manager 2012-2016.
      5. Miguel Ángel Díaz Losada, head of internal control 2012-2013.
      6. Gloria Meldrey Artunduaga Lizcano, manager of Emac 2014-2015.
      7. Wilson Hernández Caliman, head of internal control 2012-2016.
      8. Héctor Fabio Peña Vanegas, participating party- private individual
      9. Jair Alfonso Silva Martínez, participating party -private individual
      10. Lina María Giraldo Perdomo, participating party- private individual
 

 The facts

According to the Office of the Attorney General between February 24, 2012 and August 4, 2014, the manager from the time, Daniel Fernando Martínez Falla, allegedly organized, promoted and led ‘a criminal enterprise’ constituted by Andrés Barreiro Soto, treasurer and paymaster, budget and physical resources chief; Socorro Ramírez Flores, administrative assistant manager; Edgar Andrés Tovar Galindo, technical assistant manager, and Héctor Fabio Peña Vanegas, a private individual in order to defraud Emac by simulating seven contracts with different dates, types, subject matter, and value.