Peruvian Soccer Federation (FPF) President Edwin Oviedo had allegedly given monthly sums of money to Supreme Judge Cesar Hinostroza in exchange for judicial favors, according to the constitutional complaint filed by Prosecutor Pablo Sanchez against the now-suspended judge.
They have been charged with activities related to criminal organization, illegal sponsorship, specific passive bribery, specific active bribery, and influence peddling against the State.
These events were detailedly narrated in the statements made by a collaborator, who has been providing the Public Ministry with information linked to the case.
Oviedo's intention had been to presumably receive
favors from Hinostroza, who —at the time— was Supreme Judge and might have intervened in the judicial process against the FPF chairman for Los Wachiturros Case.
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Cesar Hinostroza offered him (Oviedo) support and counseling during the whole process. What is more, he said he would hire a lawyer to keep an eye on the judicial process in Chiclayo (…)," the collaborator pointed out.
Moreover, Sanchez's accusation indicates
Hinostroza would correct —with his own handwriting— the legal documents that Oviedo's lawyer had prepared for the defense, before submitting them.
Furthermore, the suspended Supreme Judge —identified as the
alleged head of Port's White Collars crime organization— had helped Oviedo, so that the FPF official would facilitate the Judge's trip to Russia and entry to the stadiums where Peru's national team would play its World Cup matches.
Based on the accusation, the match tickets Oviedo had promised to give Hinostroza —at the end— turned into US$13,000 in cash.
"(…) There's no other logical explanation, other than exchange of judicial favors, precisely since Edwin Oviedo had been implicated, as is publicly known, in a judicial process against him, known as Los Wachiturros Case," it states.
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