Costa Rica government used development bank funds for kickbacks, prosecutor alleges

Reuters - 07/04
Costa Rican officials awarded kickbacks to a top government ally using funds from the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI), prosecutors alleged on Monday, filing charges against the president and a top minister.
SAN JOSE, April 7 (Reuters) - Costa Rican officials awarded kickbacks to a top government ally using funds from the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI), prosecutors alleged on Monday, filing charges against the president and a top minister.
The attorney general's office said that a former presidential adviser, Federico Cruz, was paid $32,000 to buy a house through funds awarded by the CABEI.

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The CABEI did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Cruz is already under criminal investigation, prosecutors said, along with the head of a communications firm contrac...
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