Still at this time, the Attorney General’s Office questioned the former director of the National Health Insurance (Senasa), Santiago Hazim and others investigated by the alleged embezzlement in that institution.
Hazim went to the PGR in the company of his lawyer Miguel Valerio and was immediately subjected to a prolonged interrogation carried out by a team of researchers of the PGR, the Directorate of Persecution of the Public Ministry and of the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office for the Prosecution of Administrative Corruption (Pepca)headed by the attorney, Yeni Berenice Reynoso, Wilson Camacho and Mirna Ortiz.
While the investigated, Eduardo Read Estrellawas represented by the criminal lawyer Jorge Lopez Hilariowho argued that his client from the first moment has assumed a position of collaboration with research in progress.
Read is the president of the Read Group companyhired by Senasa from 2020 to offer primary care services within the regime subsidized.
still at 9:00 at night he businessman had not been interrogated.
The lawyer Jorge Antonio López Hilariowho recently assumed the defense of Eduardo Readthere was resigned as a member of the Public Heritage Recovery Team (ERPP) to dedicate himself to his private practice, since he has stood out as a great litigant.
Santiago Hazim
While Hazim upon arrival at the PGR refused give information to the media who were waiting for him at the entrance to the headquarters of the persecuting body.
In November this yearhe General Director of Prosecution of the Public Ministry, Wilson Camachowarned that soon “there would be news” about him alleged embezzlementprior to this, in JulyCamacho pointed out that they were interviewing people referring to this administrative corruption case.
He M.P. has two reports about irregularities committed in Senasaone deposited in November 2024 for the same former director of Senasa and another deposited on September 13th for him Superintendent of Health and Occupational Risks (Sisalril), Miguel Ceara Hatton and the director of the National Health Insurance (Senasa), Edward Guzman. The latter was delivered directly to the attorney Yeni Berenice Reynoso.
Santiago Hazim there would be denounced in November 2024 before him Public Ministry a scheme of millionaire fraud based on the manipulation of the medical procedure authorization system.
The past September 13he Superintendent of Health and Occupational Risks, Miguel Ceara Hatton and the new executive director of the National Health Insurance, Edward Guzmandeposited before the Attorney General’s Office (PGR) a report that contains serious “findings of irregularities”, detected in the “framework of their functions”.
He first reportsent in 2024coincides with a reportage made by the journalist Julissa Céspedeswhich revealed the authorization of more than 4,000 medical procedureswithout them will perform. According to that report, to give appearance of legality used a “parallel call center”, which managed the authorizations. This call centersupposedly operated outside the institution and was directed, according to the investigation, by former employees.
About the second investigation It is unknown what is contained in the reportbut also, through their reportsthe journalist Nuria Piera revealed that this entity paid up to 65 million pesos monthly under the modality of contract to private companies for the primary care. He M.P. requested to Nuria Piera the emissions ofN Investigate” referring to the fraudulent actions committed within Senasa.
The program was about medication scams, accounting, authorizations, fake operationsamong others.
Also the journalist Edith Febles has indicated that the private companies for the primary care They do not offer the contracted servicesamong others irregularities.
