2024-09-17 22:16:08
The former Minister of the Interior referred to the letter that the CMF sent to the Prosecutor’s Office, where it was revealed that it interceded on behalf of STF Capital, a company owned by the Sauer brothers.
Andres Chadwick issued a statement on Wednesday, September 11, after the Financial Market Commission (CMF) recognized that the former Minister of State made efforts in favor of STF Capitalcompany of the Sauer brothers, which could change his procedural situation within the framework of the investigation by Audios Case.
According to La Tercera, this situation became public following an internal investigation by the CMF, where one of its members, identified as Augusto Iglesias, acknowledged that The former Minister of the Interior called him to intercede for the signing.
The above, after an exchange of messages between Luis Hermosilla and Sauer in 2023 was revealed, who addressed the possibility of lifting the STF suspension by the CMF. Along these lines, it is stated that Chadwick contacted IglesiasCMF commissioner, to intercede on behalf of STF Capital.
In the document that the agency gave to the chief prosecutor of Las Condes, Felipe Sepúlveda, it is detailed that the former minister of Sebastián Piñera told Iglesias that STF Capital would present the necessary resources to comply with the rule and reverse the suspension maintained by the CMF in March 2023.
This is what Andrés Chadwick said about the actions before the CMF regarding the Sauer brothers’ company
In this context, Andrés Chadwick declared to the aforementioned media that “I was asked to make the query that is reported, merely on regulatory procedures to make contributions.”
After that, he received a “very clear response from Mr. Iglesias to the effect that all of this was taken into account in the supervision processes.”
He later stressed that “consultations on administrative procedures are not subject to lobby law“.
To which he added: “I had no contact, either before or after, with any person related to STF. As of this date, as is public knowledge, I was not holding any public office“.
This is the first piece of evidence that Chadwick was involved in defending the interests of STF Capital, a fact that could change his status as a witness in the criminal case.