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Comptroller Detects that 3,500 Staff Members Filed Licenses Issued by Doctors Investigated for Fraud - La Tercera

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The Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic (CGR) identified a total of 3,532 public officials submitted medical licences issued by one of the 44 physicians who are criminally investigated by the Public Prosecutor's Office due to the fraudulent delivery and/or sale of such certificates.The information was analyzed in the thirteenth Consolidated Circular Information (CIC) of the CGR, which details the results of the analysis carried out…

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The Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic (CGR) identified a total of 3,532 public officials submitted medical licences issued by one of the 44 physicians who are criminally investigated by the Public Prosecutor's Office due to the fraudulent delivery and/or sale of such certificates.The information was analyzed in the thirteenth Consolidated Circular Information (CIC) of the CGR, which details the results of the analysis carried out…

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The scandal of medical leave among public officials in the country has given rise to a wide debate and a question about the origin of the system. Along with identifying and penalizing fraudulent actions, it is worth asking how many of the medical leave that is issued today are unnecessary or not justified since its conception.

The Office of the Comptroller-General of the Republic (CGR) has revealed a serious situation: 3,532 public officials submitted medical licences issued by doctors under investigation for fraud, which is revealed by the Consolidated Circular Information System (CIC) No. 13 of 2025. The CGR analysed data from the National Public Prosecutor's Office that involved 10,111 medical licences issued between 2020 and 2022 by 44 foreign doctors investigated…

A total of 3,532 public servants submitted medical licences issued by one of the 44 doctors who are criminally investigated by the Public Prosecutor's Office due to the delivery and/or fraudulent sale of such certificates.This is an account of a new report by the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic (CGR), which details the results of the analysis carried out on the basis of a list provided by the National Prosecutor's Office, which…

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The report notes that these medical licenses were issued to workers throughout the national territory in services such as municipalities, Armed Forces, Order and Security; SLEP; Gendarmerie and other entities, including private ones.

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La Tercera broke the news in Chile on Monday, June 30, 2025.
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