Four former INE Potosí officials accused of corruption and illicit enrichment
The Vice-Minister of Transparency has filed charges against four former INE officials in Potosí for corruption, following financial tracking that revealed transactions totalling more than 580,000 bolivianos.
Former INE Potosí officials face corruption charges following financial tracking
The Vice-Minister of Transparency, Yamil García, filed formal charges on Tuesday with the Public Prosecutor's Office in Potosí against four former officials of the National Institute of Statistics (INE) for alleged corruption offences. According to El Deber, the case arose from an anonymous complaint about the collection of "contributions" from INE employees during the 2025 electoral period.
Following that complaint, authorities conducted financial tracking that identified economic transactions outside the normal profile of two former officials of the institution: a former departmental administrator and a former departmental head of the INE.
"We have been able to identify not only deposits and transactions outside the usual profile, but also financial movements that would even involve the acquisition of real estate," García said at a press conference.
Million-boliviano transactions and undeclared assets
The former departmental administrator registered transactions totalling more than 580,000 bolivianos which, according to the Vice-Minister, do not correspond to salaries, bonuses or any legitimately justified income. Of that total, more than 300,000 bolivianos are believed to come from collections from other INE officials, whilst more than 200,000 bolivianos would correspond to payments from suppliers of the public entity—that is, bribes.
In the asset verification of this former official, two pieces of real estate were identified that do not appear in her asset declaration, as well as two undeclared bank accounts containing more than 190,000 bolivianos.
In the case of the former departmental head, the investigation established that, beyond his salary income, he accumulated 135,000 bolivianos allegedly from collections taken from INE personnel, in addition to two pieces of real estate that had likewise not been declared.
Four defendants charged with four offences
The charges filed with the Public Prosecutor's Office in Potosí include the two former officials mentioned and two other former employees who are believed to have been responsible for carrying out the money collections. The offences charged are illicit enrichment, money laundering, falsity in asset and income declarations, and extortion.
Source: El Deber