Pictured below are prosecutors Emeldo Márquez and Dagoberto Alvarado at the Pandora case appeal hearing. The judges of the High Court of Appeals decreed a recess until next Thursday to deliver their verdict. In Panama’s Operation Pandora, the public prosecutor requested provisional detention for a DGI tax analyst and a manager/handler amid a $40 million tax fraud scheme. Case BackgroundThe Scheme: Suspects allegedly manipulated the digital E-Tax 2.0 system at Panama’s Dirección General de Ingresos (DGI) to delete real taxpayer records and create false tax credits. In the case of Lupo González, he held the position of analyst at the DGI.