Minister Carlos Santos named defendant in money laundering case
The Minister of Tourism and Transport, Carlos Santos, has just been named a defendant on suspicion of participating in a financial scheme that indicates the practice of money laundering.
According to information received by the Santiago Magazine editorial team, the Minister of Tourism received a large sum of money from a lawyer, without any apparent justification or reason.
Carlos Santos, two months after receiving the money, decides to transfer more than half of this amount to the account of another lawyer, who, after some time, invests a good amount in bonds with a commercial bank in the area.
This scheme, according to our sources, has yielded large financial profits for this "investor lawyer", especially in interest, which indicates the practice of a crime of money laundering.
The amount of money involved is not yet known. However, Santiago Magazine knows that Carlos Santos has already been notified of his status as a defendant in this case by the Public Prosecutor's Office of the District of Sal, as well as the two lawyers involved in the scheme.
