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Chilean police arrest older man suspected of belonging to fake medical-leave network

From Cooperativa · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Chile’s Investigations Police arrested a 73-year-old man suspected of requesting 1,400 fraudulent medical leave certificates in an investigation into a wider network.
  • Prosecutor Javier Sola said the man allegedly diagnosed patients, prescribed medicines and charged about 80,000 pesos, but he is not accused of issuing the certificates himself.
  • The investigation began with another suspect, who allegedly issued nearly 2,500 permits from 2022 to 2025 and caused Fonasa losses exceeding 1.1 billion pesos.

A 73-year-old man has been arrested in Chile for allegedly belonging to a network that arranged false medical leave certificates. The arrest followed an investigation into another man who was formally charged in May over the issuance of nearly 2,500 permits between 2022 and 2025.

Authorities say the scheme caused losses of more than 1.1 billion pesos to Fonasa, Chile’s public health insurer. Investigators seized the first suspect’s cellphone and found conversations with the newly arrested man.

Prosecutor Javier Sola of the North Central Metropolitan Prosecutor’s Office said the older suspect “saw patients and charged them amounts of around 80,000 pesos. He made supposedly medical diagnoses, prescribed different medicines to patients and, in many cases, also issued them medical leave certificates.”

However, prosecutors do not accuse the man of issuing the certificates. They allege only that he requested the issuance of 1,400 certificates. The person authorized to issue them was his associate, but the supplied report ends before providing further details.

saw patients and charged them amounts of around 80,000 pesos. He made supposedly medical diagnoses, prescribed different medicines to patients and, in many cases, also issued them medical leave certificates.

· Javier SolaThe prosecutor described the activities allegedly carried out by the 73-year-old suspect.
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