Colombias comptroller seizes anti-corruption presidential candidates assets

written by Adriaan Alsema September 21, 2017

A fiscal watchdog has seized assets of Colombian presidential candidate Sergio Fajardo for alleged financial mismanagement when he was governor of Antioquia between 2012 and 2015.

According to local media, the assets of Fajardo and his former Government Secretary Santiago Londoño were seized as the financial watchdog announced charges against the anti-corruption politician for overspending.

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The former governor from a well-connected construction family allegedly ignored financial caps and allowed his office to be overcharged for the construction of rural police stations.

The excessive cost cost the tax payer $650,000, said the Antioquia comptroller, according to liberal newspaper El Mundo. Conservative newspaper El Colombiano said Fajardo had only overspent $650.

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https://colombiareports.com/colombias-comptroller-seizes-anti-corruption-presidential-candidates-assets/