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On Friday, November 29, at 9 a.m., the former Minister of the Interior Andres Chadwick He personally went to the offices of the Eastern Capital Prosecutor’s Office. It was the second time that the one-time strongman in the government of Sebastian Piñera came to testify to investigators in the company of his lawyer, Samuel Donos.
Although in the first procedure he responded to inquiries in the framework of the Parque Capital case as an accused, the second time he appeared before the prosecutor of High Complexity East, Miguel Angel Arellano, to answer questions about the Audio case, an inquiry in which the State Department is investigating the alleged payment of bribes from individuals to government officials to “launder” the business of factoring company Factop.
The eyes of the investigators were on Chadwick based on the alleged actions he took at the request of the lawyer Luis Hermasillo, one of the main accused in the case, to help the brothers Alvaro and Antonio Jalaf. In that sense, according to prosecutors, the criminal defense attorney now at Captain Yaberi “bragged” to his client that he was a friend of Chadwick’s, which could have been fruitful in his legal endeavors.
In his statement, which was reviewed by The thirdreferred to a legal report requested from a German expert in the midst of a constitutional charge against him, a call to the former Deputy Minister of Social Security and CMF Commissioner, Augusta Iglesiasand his contact with Sebastian Sichel.
“I am attaching a document prepared by myself and my legal team which contains a summary of the relevant background information which I will refer to in my statement and which will be considered an integral part of it,” he said in his statement.
When Chadwick, as Home Secretary, faced a constitutional impeachment in 2019 for events that took place during the social epidemic, his defense requested a legal report from an expert to counter the accusations of parliamentarians seeking his removal. This is how, through the current Minister of the Supreme Court, Jean-Pierre Mathews, he reached the German lawyer Kai Ambos, a professor at the University of Göttingen. This report, according to Ciper, had a value of 30,000 euros.
“I learned that Jean-Pierre Mathews was a student of Kai Ambos and that he had an ongoing relationship with him, and that Kai Ambos was a first-level international authority on crimes against humanity. Luis Hermasillo also had the same information and agreed to contact Jean-Pierre Matus to see if he could get a legal report on Kai Bota, given that there was very little time,” Chadwick said.
He then noted, “At one point, Luis Hermasillo told me that the effort was going well. Once he told me that the report had arrived and that he had taken responsibility that we would later arrange the payment along with other expenses to be incurred.“. Although it was known that Hermosillo paid for this report, it was not known until now that it would later be “arranged” between the two.
“The idea of this report was to use it both in the case of a constitutional prosecution and to accompany it in the investigation of complaints of alleged crimes against humanity that are currently, after 5 years, still active and not completed,” it concludes at this point.
In his statement, Hermosillo indicated that it was paid in two tranches of 15,000 euros. “In response to your question as to whether I knew that Kai Bott’s payment was financed from the resources that Luis Hermasillo requested from the Sauer brothers, I can categorically say that I did not know,” he told the prosecutor.
Another point that complicated the former minister arose after the Financial Markets Commission recognized this in September Chadwick stood up for STF Capitalowned by Daniel and Ariel Sauer. This action consisted of a conversation between the former authority and Augusto Iglesias, the commissioner of the organization.
This was reported by CMF in those days “Received a phone call from Mr. Andres Chadwick informing him of STF Capital CB brokers’ willingness to provide the company with the necessary resources to comply with regulatory requirements”. This was in line with the strategy outlined and proposed by Ermasila Sauer, which was recorded in the March 24, 2023 chats.
Chadwick explained this contact as follows: “I remember Don Luis Hermosillo asking me in mid-2023 if I knew anyone who could to resolve a legal and practical doubt that arose in himwhich consisted of what the company that was the subject of the CMF investigation had to do in order to increase its capital and improve its financial position in these circumstances.
“At that moment it occurred to me to call Don Augusto Iglesias, who I knew him through his social activities and as a serious and respected person with deep knowledge in these matters. I called him on the phone and asked him that specific question directly, it was a very short and to the point conversation. In that conversation, Augusto Iglesias told me that it had to be done through the CMF leaders, but that it was extremely difficult,” he added.
In this sense, he added: “I remember him explaining to me something about the process, which is basic knowledge for those who handle these cases, but which I did not know. I also remember him asking me what company I meant and I told him STF, a company I didn’t know before that date. Augusto Iglesias told me something like that everything should happen through the technical supervisors in the normal administrative procedure. – That was the end of the conversation.
The former minister stressed: “It is important to bear in mind that consultations on administrative procedures are not subject to the lobbying law, provided that the call was only for the purpose of gathering information about the procedure to be followed, nothing more, I never spoke on behalf of the STF , I didn’t know this company”
Finally, on this point, he said that the motivation for calling Iglesias was only to “resolve a doubt that Don Luis Hermasillo had,” which he did as a “favor.”
Another point considered important for the prosecutor’s office is the alleged intervention of a former UDI militant in front of Sebastian Sichel, who was president of Banco Estado in 2020, to obtain a loan for Alvaro Jalaf.
“I can point out that after he was appointed, I never called him for any reason or any management related to the bank. “I was no longer in government.”Chadwick commented.
On the other hand, the former UDI militant referred to the payment of Hermosilla’s fees for his legal work. According to him, they have not been paid yet. “I can say that Luis did not charge me any fees in either the constitutional prosecution or the crimes against humanity cases.relative to the social surge. Above because of membership”
“If the defense involves other costs, we have spoken with Luis and agreed that we will pay those costs that may be incurred after the cases are over. To date we have not adjusted those costs and if Luis tells me I will have to pay them,” he added at the time.
“To your question whether I have news that former President Piñera was involved in these expenses, I can say that I do not know,” he concluded.
