The Criminal Court of the First Judicial Circuit of San José rejected the allegations of the accused in the Yanber case and confirmed the arrest as a precautionary measure pending the conclusion of an investigation for alleged fraud.
On Monday, five defendants faced an appeal hearing on precautionary measures, in which they tried to get out of the arrest they have been subjected to since February.
In August, the Criminal Court of the I Judicial Circuit of San José extended the house arrest measure for Samuel Yankelewitz Berger (fomer owner of Yanber) and for four former employees of the company surnamed Paniagua Moya, Soto Bolaños (former general manager), Sandí Sandí, and Brenes Chaves.
The company obtained more than $ 20 million from banks before it began the process to declare bankruptcy before the Bankruptcy Court.
In the investigation, 14 witnesses who are or were members of the company were key. They have already been interviewed by the authorities.
Using false audited financial statements, they got public and private financial companies to give them millionaire loans, which they did not pay. The evidence allows us to prove the facts, “
explained the Attorney General ai Emilia Navas when the arrests were made.
Navas said that an analyst from the Economic Crimes section of the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) already determined that the financial statements presented to obtain the credits were false. The judicial police determined that the true states were presented before the bankruptcy court to prove bankruptcy.
As part of the investigation, in early September, the Deputy Prosecutor’s Office of Frauds also arrested Yankelewitz’ son, surnamed Yankelewitz Lev and a subject surnamed Barboza Lépiz, who is the general manager of Grupo Kineret SA.
During 2017, when the granting of loans from public banks was investigated, the deputies (from the period 2014-2018) indicated possible suspicions of diversion of funds from Yanber to Kineret.