[Iran Press TV] The former vice president of Panama, Felipe Virzi, has been tossed in the clinkKeep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please!
on charges of money laundering in an ongoing investigation.
Virzi allegedly reaped millions of dollars for illegally assisting a company to win a government contract.
Hopefully he destroyed his personal computer server.
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, who were investigating the case, ordered Virzi's arrest on Wednesday.
Investigators claim that Virzi received a USD 10-million payment from an Ecuadoran company for helping it win an irrigation system contract. He was reportedly no longer vice president at the time of the alleged payment.