The New York prosecutor’s office asked a federal judge to seize assets linked to Ricardo Alberto and Luis Enrique Martinelli Linares, nine months after presenting the formal accusation against both, for alleged crimes related to money laundering.
In a note presented on October 29, prosecutor Breon Peace, through his assistant Tanisha Payne, identified two amounts that would be subject to seizure: one for $ 697 thousand 458.75, “plus accrued interest” and any other product of that sum. traceable, indicating that it could be bank accounts; another for a million dollars, and all their products are traceable.
The seizure of these assets has been linked to charges numbered 1 to 5, in the formal accusation filed against the children of former President Ricardo Martinelli Berrocal, on February 6.
Prosecutor Peace’s request must be heard by Judge Raymond Dearie of the Eastern District Court of New York.
A few days ago, the Third Criminal Liquidation Court denied an appeal for annulment presented by the defense of the Martinelli Linares brothers, sons of former President Ricardo Martinelli, within the process that is being followed for the alleged commission of the crime of money laundering in the Odebrecht case.
The arrest of the Martinelli brothers was carried out as a result of an extradition order issued by the United States, for their alleged participation in a massive bribery scheme and money laundering from the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht.
On August 6, the Panamanian justice requested the extradition of Ricardo Alberto and Luis Enrique, for allegedly being linked to the “Blue Apple” case.
The Martinelli Linares brothers have been detained since July 6, 2020.
