Francis James Allison Oyaque was arrested along with his wife, Carla Robbian Montes by US ICE customs officials for contraband and false testimony
by US ICE customs officials for contraband and
false testimony as they tried to smuggle over U$50,000
El 5 de noviembre de 2009, un tipo llamado Francis James Allison Oyague fue arrestado en el aeropuerto de Miami. Ahora bien, este hombre acaba de pasar a ser ex-Ministro de la Vivienda en el gobierno de los dos desayunos, hasta hace muy poco, cuando se vio obligado a dimitir porque resulta que tenía estrechos vínculos y relaciones con una empresa llamada Business Track (BTR). A modo de antecedente rápido, si se acuerda en enero resultó que BTR, de la pista eran ilegalmente escuchas telefónicas todos y cada uno en el Perú de los círculos políticos y de negocios.
On November 5th, 2009, a dude named Francis James Allison Oyague was arrested in Miami airport. Now this guy just happened to be ex-Minister of Housing in the two breakfasts’s government until very recently, when he was forced to resign because it turns out he had close links and dealings with a company called Business Track (BTR). By way of quick background, if you remember back in January turned out that Business Track were illegally phone-tapping all and sundry in Peruvian political and business circles.
So, this Peruvian cabinet minister Allison Oyague had been collecting cash from a bunch of industrial spies before becoming minister. He "forgot" to mention the connection at the time, was found out and then resigned.
So that brings us up to this month when the Francis James Allison was arrested along with his wife, Carla Robbian Montes by US ICE customs officials for contraband and false testimony as they tried to smuggle over U$50,000 in cash out of the United States stuffed in their pockets. Here's a link to the criminal complaint and it says that: Criminal complaint Case number# 09-3554
• The limit of cash they could take out on their person was U$10,000 each.
U.S. District Court
Southern District of Florida
• The limit of cash they could take out on their person was U$10,000 each.
• Allison Oyaque and his wife, Robbian Montes knew this and also signed a statement on it.
• Officers made a routine inspection and found U$30,250 on the couple.
• Therefore the officers made a more thorough search and found another U$20,000 on Allison Oyaque's person concealed in his inner jacket pockets.
• The couple were then arrested (they were about to get on a plane to Peru, via Panama, but never made that final call) and have now been released on U$100,000 bail, which has been stumped up by a 'family member living in Miami.
• Slush funds for governments anyone? This one could run and run.
References:
United States Department of State
Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
International
Narcotics Control
Strategy Report
PERU:
"Obligated entities must also maintain reports on large cash transactions. Individual cash transactions exceeding U.S. $10,000 or transactions totaling U.S. $50,000 in one month must be maintained in internal databases for a minimum of five years and made available to the UIF upon request. Nonfinancial institutions, such as exchange houses, casinos, lotteries or others, must report individual transactions over U.S. $2,500 or monthly transactions over U.S. $10,000. Individuals or entities transporting more than U.S. $10,000 in currency or monetary instruments into or out of Peru must file reports with the customs agency, and the UIF may have access to those reports upon request. Any cash transactions that appear suspicious must be reported to the UIF. These reporting requirements are not being strictly enforced by the responsible GOP entities. However, the UIF is able to sanction persons and entities for failure to report suspicious transactions, large cash transactions, or the transportation of currency or monetary instruments."
