An operation of the PDItogether with the West Prosecutor’s Officedisrupted a corruption network linked to the Transit Directorate of the municipality of Maipústopping 12 involved, three of them public officialswho charged $ 500 thousand to Chileans and $ 900 thousand to foreigners in exchange for the emission of illegal driving licenses.
The massive procedure was carried out this Thursday in 16 homes in Maipú. In addition, three other properties were intervened in Central Station, Fifth Normal and Cerrillos.
More than 100 officials from the criminal investigation brigade participated in this operation (Bicrim) of Maipú, the investigating brigade of economic crimes (Bridec) and cybercrime, all of the PDI. Everything was developed following the investigation initiated in 2023.
With regard to the Municipality of Maipú, the Mayor Tomás Vodanovic He denounced the irregularities detected during his first cycle in office.
This was followed by a criminal complaint before the 9th Santiago Guarantee Court for the crimes of bribery, bribery and falsification of public instrument. Therefore, the municipality is intervening in the case in QUADE OF CLAURING.
The 12 detainees are divided between Three captors, three officials of the Municipality of Maipú and six buyers.
All of them will be formalized this Friday. You will be charged with crimes that include bribery, bribery, fraudulent driving license and counterfeit public instrument, among other illicit.
Modus operandi of the driving licenses mafia in Maipú
The corruption network worked through offers made on social networks by a group of people called “pickup“, Who had contact with three officials of the Traffic Department of the Municipality of Maipú.
This group got the potential buyers. In the offer of fraudulent documents, the money to be paid was indicated and the steps to follow when the process of obtaining the driver’s license began.
“There was an organization that had different models and ultimately They received money to obtain these driving licenses“, Said Prefect Cristian Ramírez, head of the West Metropolitan Prefecture of the PDI.
The proceedings of the cause included monitoring, interceptions and patrimonial surveys.
With the background collected in this process, it was possible to establish that municipal officials facilitated the obtaining of driving licenses for people who They did not meet the requirements.
“(The captors) managed with these public officials to obtain hours and also that these people approved the relevant exams to obtain licenses. They also contributed false history as residence certificates, studyso that these people could then opt for different types of licenses. We are talking about Class b licenses and also from Professional type licenses“, Explained Marcos Pastén Campos, Western Metropolitan Regional Prosecutor.
It should be noted that charges for driving licenses ranged from $ 500,000 to Chilean buyers, while the amount increased when they were foreign acquirers.
As for the people who bought fraudulent documents, the persecutory added: “In general they are people who have difficulties, such as foreigners, than They cannot prove basic educationand other people who did not obtain a license for lack of academic history. We are seeing the edge, that even medical history“The prosecutor Pastén said.
