The former manager of International Trade of Petroecuador will not be able to challenge the confiscation, in the event that the Court for the Eastern District of New York imposes the measure in the sentence.
Facade of the Petroecuador headquarters building, located in the north center of Quito.
The United States Attorney’s Office proposed this April 20 that a confiscation order be issued against the assets of Nilsen Arias, former manager of International Trade at Petroecuador, for a total of USD 13,524,527.
The request of the prosecutor Breon Peace fell on the one in the case, Eric Vitaliano, of the Court of the Eastern District of New York. In the event that the magistrate approves the request, Arias will not be able to claim or challenge the confiscation and this will be included in the sentence.
The proposal includes that the payment must be made in full within 30 days from the sentence. If the former manager of Petroecuador does not comply with the payment, “he will lose any other property of his up to the value of the outstanding balance,” the document states.
The US Attorney points out in the petition that Arias consented to the forfeiture, “which constitutes, or derives from profits obtained directly or indirectly” from the crime of money laundering of which he is accused and for which he pleaded guilty on January 19, 2022. .
Nilsen Arias is being investigated for a corruption network in Petroecuador’s oil pre-sale contracts and the bribery route that ended up in his hands. The former manager was arrested in the United States for the crime of money laundering in his territory and collaborates with the justice of that country.
