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The strangest connection: Telconet and Odebrecht

Posted On 09 Aug 2017

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How did the main telecommunications company end up involved in a plot of public corruption? Everything points to Ricardo Rivera, uncle of Vice President Jorge Glas.

A triangle of responsibilities. The relationship among the corrupt construction company Odebrecht, the largest telecommunications company for corporations Telconet, and Ricardo Rivera (uncle of Vice President Jorge Glas), who is under house arrest and accused of having received 1% of each contract of the Brazilian company in Ecuador, appears as the most challenging task for prosecutor Diana Salazar.

After all: how come two companies with such parallel activities can cross at any time? The common point: Ricardo Rivera. Rivera and Tomislav Topic, owner and founder of Telconet, have been related for more than four decades in the telecommunications industry. (I)

 

Source: http://www.expreso.ec/actualidad/odebrecht-corrupcion-telconet-juicios-fiscalia-AF1610929

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