The Attorney General's Office, in coordination with the Colombian Navy, made the arrest of an individual who, through the impersonation of the identity of a crewman of the Naval Institution, intended to defraud a merchant of the municipality of Chaguani – Cundinamarca, with the conclusion of a false contract for the purchase of merchandise valued at 150 million pesos, in the name of the ARC Bogotá Naval Base.
The operation was possible thanks to the timely denunciation that the principal of the school, who was intended to be used as an intermediary for the receipt of the goods, submitted to the Directorate for the Supervision of Ethics, Legality and Transparency – DELTA of the Navy of Colombia. In the aforementioned denunciation, the principal reported that she was contacted by an individual to coordinate the reception of the merchandise that was given to the School by the merchant, on behalf of the Naval Institution.
Immediately, the Colombian Navy, assisting the anti-corruption protocols, established contact with the CTI (Technical Investigations Corps) of the Attorney General's Office, who proceeded to find the alleged fraudster, arresting him at the time he was transporting the merchandise acquired through this false contract.
Given the seriousness of this behavior, citizens are alerted to refrain from accepting invitations to provide services when they come from unreliable sources. The Colombian Navy reiterates to the public that no contractual process is carried out by telephone contacts, nor by emails. All contractual administrative operations that are conducted for the acquisition of goods and services for the Institution are published on the Colombian Platform Efficient Purchase - Electronic Public Procurement System, SECOP II - through the Single Recruitment Portal www.colombiacompra.gov.co, a site where the requirements required to participate can be verified, as well as the phones, emails and names of the officials who will promptly support the questions may arise in this regard.
In the same way, all the information on procedures, processes, events and activities carried out, promoted and supported by the Colombian Navy, can in the same way be consulted on the website www.Navy.mil.co.
Finally, the Colombian Navy reaffirms its zero tolerance policy to corruption, for which it invites people to report any possible case to the lines 01 8000 111380, 01 8000116969, 163 Anti-Corruption Honor Line of the Ministry of National Defense or 316 6192914 DELTA Anti-Corruption Line.
Source: Press - Navy of Colombia
