The Criminal Court of San José confirmed the six months of preventive custody for four former employees of the Yanber corporation, who are being investigated for the alleged crime of fraud: Soto Bolaños, former general manager; Paniagua Moya, former financial manager; Sandí Sandí, former financial manager, and Brenes Chaves, former financial director.
The measure was dictated on February 16th, so they will be imprisoned until August 14th.
Samuel Yankelewitz, former owner of the company, who is doing five months of house arrest since last week, is also being investigated.
Through an official report, the Public Prosecutor’s Office confirmed that the suspects appealed the precautionary measure and tried to escape from prison. However, this approach was rejected by the judge. The investigation deals with alleged irregularities in the processing of bank loans in state entities. Apparently, former Yanber members would have provided false documentation to obtain such loans.
The prosecution handles 14 witnesses who are or were members of the company. Apparently, Yanber obtained more than $20 million from banking entities before it started the process to declare bankruptcy.
Using false audited financial statements, they got public and private financial companies to give them millionaire loans, which they did not honor. The evidence allows us to prove this,”
explained Emilia Navas, general prosecutor ai, weeks ago.