A look into the $600 million scam of Alberto Fujimori

1. Alberto Fujimori
$600 Million Scam
(1990-2000)
By,
MADONA MATHEW
M.Sc. FORENSIC SCIENCE
SCHOOL OF FORENSIC SCIENCE & RISK MANAGEMENT
RASHTRIYA RAKSHA UNIVERSITY, GUJARAT
Madona Mathew

2. Introduction
• Alberto fujimori (born 26 july 1938) is a former peruvian
politician who served as the president of peru from 28 july
1990 to 22 november 2000.
• Fujimori ended his presidency by fleeing peru for japan amid a
serious scandal involving corruption and human rights
violations.
• He was extradited to face criminal charges in peru in september
2007.
• In april 2009, fujimori was convicted of human rights violations
and sentenced to 25 years in prison.
• In july 2009, fujimori was sentenced to seven and a half years
in prison for embezzlement after he admitted to giving $15
million from the peruvian treasury to his intelligence service
chief, vladimiro montesinos.
Madona Mathew

3. Case details
 Court: Supreme Court, Special Criminal Chamber, Peru
 Case number: A.V. 19-2001
 Decision title: Sentencia
 Decision date: 7 April 2009
 Place: Chile
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4. Fujimori Scandal
 In 2006, Fujimori fled to Japan with an alleged USD 600 million of public
assets.
 He has been sentenced to a complete of quite 30 years in prison.
 The most common bribes were paid to television-channel owners which
allowed Fujimori's administration to control the media and politically
influence Peruvians.
 Irregular payments and bribes are often demanded from companies
operating in Peru, and government contracts are often awarded to well-
connected companies.
 Many companies experience the demand for facilitation payments as a
results of Peru’s extensive bureaucracy.
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5. Extradition proceedings
 Peru, which had sixty days to issue an extradition request, sent a high-level
delegation.
 The government of Japan asked for "fair treatment" for Fujimori.
 On 18 May 2006 Fujimori was granted bail (set at US$2,830) by the Chilean
Supreme Court and was released from detention.
 Fujimori was not allowed to leave Chile.
 He was charged with usurpation of powers and abuse of authority for
ordering the illegal search and seizure of a house owned by Vladimiro
Montesinos' wife.
 Illicit association to commit a crime, embezzlement, and inserting false
statements in a public document for paying Montesinos US$15 million.Madona Mathew

6. CONVICTION
 Fujimori confessed that he had ordered a
warrantless search of Vladimiro
Montesinos’s wife's apartment
 On 11 December 2007, the Peruvian court
sentenced him to six years in prison and
fined him 135,000 U.S. dollars.
 On 10 April 2008, the Supreme Court of
Peru upheld Fujimori's sentence of six
years within the case Madona Mathew

7. PROCEDURAL HISTORY
 After the collapse of his government in November 2000, Mr. Fujimori fled to his parents’
native Japan where he lived in self-imposed exile for five years.
 After having formally announced his return to Peru to run within the 2006 presidential
elections, he flew to Chile in November 2005, where he was arrested under a warrant
delivered by the Peruvian authorities.
 The extradition request was rejected on 11 July 11 2007, after the Chilean High Court
determined that the 12 criminal charges were “not considerable”.
 A separate trial on corruption and illegal wiretapping charges is also planned against him.
 In December 2007, Fujimori was convicted and sentenced to 6 years’ imprisonment on
charges of abuse of power in another case.
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8. LEGAL OUTCOME
 On 7 April 2009, the Special Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Peru
found him guilty of murder and illegal detention as crimes against humanity,
and sentenced him to 25 years' imprisonment.
 He was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison for embezzlement after he
admitted to giving $15 million from the Peruvian treasury to his intelligence
service chief.
 Two months later, he pleaded guilty during a fourth trial to bribery and
received a further six-year term. Under Peruvian law.
 On 23 January 2019, Fujimori was sent back to prison to complete his sentence
with his pardon formally being annulled a month later.Madona Mathew

9. Summary
• Fujimori was accused and convicted of the embezzlement of
government funds, along with director of national intelligence
vladimiro montesinos.
• To date, on the brink of $250 million stolen by montesinos and
fujimori, are repatriated to peru from bank accounts within the
cayman islands and switzerland.
• Allegedly there are another $380 million missing from the
original amount purportedly illegally taken by both men.
Madona Mathew

10. REFERENCES
1. Conditional release for Fujimori, BBC News, 18 May 2006. Retrieved
26 September 2006.
2. Extradited Fujimori back in Peru 22 September 2007.
3. Fujimori jailed for abusing power, BBC News, 12 December 2007.
Retrieved 12 December 2007.
4. Corte Suprema de la República. 10 December 2008. Resolution 17-
2008 Archived 25 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
5. Peru's Ex-President Gets 6 Years for Illicit Search, New York Times,
12 December 2007.
6. Emery, Alex (15 April 2008). "Peru Supreme Court Upholds Former
President’s Prison Sentence". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 7 April
2009.
7. Emery, Alex. Peru's Fujimori Found Guilty on Human Rights
Charges, Bloomberg News, 7 April 2009. Accessed 7 April 2009.
8. "Peru's Fujimori sentenced to 25 years prison". Reuters.
9. Fujimori declared guilty of human rights abuses Archived 10 April
2009 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish).
10. "Fujimori gets 25 years on conviction in human rights case".
Boston.com. 8 April 2009.Madona Mathew

11. Thank you…
Madona Mathew