COBRA 2.0 case details: Fund distribution scheme in physician payments revealed
The Public Prosecutor’s Office has brought to light new details regarding the corruption scheme known as COBRA 2.0. According to the extensive 525-page judicial file, part of the payments made by SENASA to medical professionals linked to the network was subsequently redistributed among the ringleaders of the investigated structure.
The request for a coercive measure details that, after receiving the disbursements from the National Health Service, the doctors involved had to hand over between 40% and 60% of the money received. This return of capital was carried out both in cash and through direct bank transfers.
Main parties involved in the benefits scheme
According to the investigation led by the prosecuting body, the resources obtained illicitly were delivered to the following members of the network:
- Ángel Luís Guzmán Vásquez
- Angeury Guzmán Vásquez
- Adonay María Carrasco Heredia
- Milagros Vásquez Gálvez
- Ángel Guzmán Patricio
Suspicious transfers and concealment of funds
The file highlights that the Public Prosecutor’s Office detected bank movements that lacked a clear justification or used misleading concepts to attempt to camouflage the real origin of the money. Among the descriptions found in the financial records, concepts such as “pago a san de madre” (payment to mother’s saint), “San de tu madre” (your mother’s saint), and “pago préstamo Ángel Luís Guzmán” (Ángel Luís Guzmán loan payment) stand out.
The investigation suggests that the money was distributed following a previously established division of functions and that the payments constituted part of the mechanism through which the benefits obtained from the claims were shared.
For the authorities, this distribution methodology is compelling evidence of the existence of an organized criminal structure, which operated in a coordinated manner to embezzle funds through fraudulent medical claims. This finding constitutes one of the fundamental pillars upon which the Public Prosecutor’s Office bases its accusations against those involved in the COBRA 2.0 case.
