2024-07-21 09:53:35
The Comptroller General of the Republic, through its Delegate for Public Management and Financial Institutions, concluded a Financial Audit of the National Savings Fund (FNA) corresponding to the 2023 period, revealing nine findings, of which two have a fiscal impact for a value of $1,970,224,268, three have disciplinary scope and one will give rise to a Preliminary Inquiry (IP) for $391,477,037.
The audit detected significant fraud and failures in the FNA’s verification and control procedures. At the Barranquilla service point, four fraudulent withdrawals of severance pay were discovered, carried out through identity theft with false documents, for a total of $252,448,573. In addition, 27 fraudulent withdrawals were identified through the virtual channel, the result of the improper updating of personal data, which allowed unauthorized transactions for $391,477,037. In light of this, the CGR requested the opening of a preliminary investigation to identify those responsible.
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In the collection of mortgage loans, a significant deficiency was found with a value of $1,717,775,695corresponding to 15 obligations that expired due to the failure to execute the exchange action and judicial collection within the legal period of three years. The absence of the securities necessary to initiate judicial collection and the lack of established procedures for the cancellation and replacement of these securities were some of the problems identified.
The audit also revealed a disciplinary finding related to mortgage and educational loan guarantees. 468 credit obligations were found, disbursed between 1993 and 2023, with a principal balance of $21,159,985,014, of which the FNA does not have all the guarantees in physical custody. This situation represents a risk in the recovery of the resources by not being able to enforce the guarantees in case of default.
The CGR highlighted that this deficiency is recurrent, and despite the fact that the FNA has an Improvement Plan that expires on December 31, 2023, the audit concluded that said plan was ineffective, with 0% effectiveness in the actions executed.
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