Cases of Misuse of Medical Licenses Recall Codelco and Internal Revenue Service

The Municipality of Temuco announced the initiation of inquiries to the 342 tax workers who misused medical licenses and used their rest period to travel abroad, according to the report of the Comptroller General of the Republic. Claudia Peñailillo (RN), councillor of the commune, said that she will monitor the "motivation of the 342 public officials who did this." She added that the situation is "a mockery", because "there are people who are si…

In a new CNN Prime, along with Mónica Rincón, we reviewed the main information of the day: Three students were shot inside the school. We talked with the mayor of San Pedro de la Paz, Juan Pablo Spoerer, who gave details of the health of the students and made criticisms of the security measures for his commune. He continues to climb the case of misuse of medical licenses in the public sector. Codelco and Internal Revenue Service made layoffs of …

Following the Comptroller’s report that revealed the misuse of medical licenses by public officials to travel abroad, several state companies initiated internal investigations. Codelco was one of the first to react, dissociating 21 workers and investigating 97 other cases. In total, 153 people would have been involved in 204 irregular medical licenses within the state mining company. Other companies such as Enami, TVN, Metro and BancoEstado also…