Panama City, June 5 (RHC-PRESSTV) -– The former vice president of Panama, Felipe Virzi, has been arrested on charges of money laundering in an ongoing investigation.
Virzi allegedly raked in millions of dollars for illegally assisting a company to obtain a government contract.
He was the vice president of Panama from 1994 to 1999, spending a total of five years in public office in the Central American country.
Virzi was the business partner of ex-president Ricardo Martinelli, who himself in being investigated by authorities on similar charges.
Anti-corruption prosecutors investigating the case have ordered Virzi's arrest.
