巴拉圭擴大調查倒閉數位銀行並任命新央行總裁

亞松森，11月9日（路透）——巴拉圭檢方週一擴大對數位放款業者 ueno 倒閉案的調查，搜索該公司的證券經紀部門；與此同時，政府任命新央行總裁，以協助控制後續衝擊。ASUNCION, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Paraguayan prosecutors widened an investigation into the collapse of digital lender ueno on Monday, raiding the firm's brokerage arm, as the government installed a new central bank chief to help contain the fallout.

檢方公布的影像顯示，搜索行動中查獲遭撕毀的文件，其中包括看似盡職調查報告和電子郵件往來的碎片。Images released by prosecutors showed ripped-up documents recovered in the raid, including fragments of what appeared to be due diligence reports and email correspondence.

這次行動是迅速推進的調查中最新一步；這項調查已導致前總統聖地牙哥・潘尼亞下台、前央行總裁卡洛斯・卡瓦略辭職，以及 ueno 前高階主管遭逮捕。The operation marked the latest step in a fast-moving probe that has already led to the ousting of former President Santiago Peña, resignation of former central bank chief Carlos Carvallo and arrest of former ueno executives.

週一稍早，國會批准新宣誓就任的總統佩德羅・阿利亞納（Pedro Alliana）提名經濟學家豪爾赫・施賴納（Jorge Schreiner）接替卡瓦略出任央行總裁。前銀行監理官費南多・里瓦羅拉（Fernando Rivarola）則獲任命為央行理事。Earlier on Monday, Congress approved the nomination by newly sworn-in President Pedro Alliana of economist Jorge Schreiner to replace Carvallo as head of the central bank. Former banking regulator Fernando Rivarola was named to the bank's board.

里瓦羅拉曾在7月的一份報告中對 ueno 發出警告，該報告後來外流給當地媒體，並促使危機爆發；這場危機導致潘尼亞週五被解除職務，也使巴拉圭陷入十多年來最嚴重的政治動盪。Rivarola had warned about ueno in a July report that was later leaked to local media, helping trigger the crisis that led to Peña's removal from office on Friday and Paraguay's deepest political turmoil in more than a decade.

潘尼亞和卡瓦略都與 ueno 有商業關係，兩人已因涉嫌背信和為個人利益而管理公司遭起訴，並被羈押候審。兩人均否認不法。Peña and Carvallo, who both had business ties to ueno, have been charged over alleged breach of trust and administration for personal gain, and been placed in pretrial detention. Both have denied wrongdoing.

當地媒體週一報導，檢方正在尋找設備，以開啟在一處與潘尼亞有關的不動產內發現的高度安全保險庫；同時，另一組人員則搜索他位於亞松森的住所。Local media reported on Monday that prosecutors were seeking equipment to open a high-security vault found at a property linked to Peña, while another team searched his residence in Asuncion.

Ueno 倒閉已使數百萬客戶難以取回資金，也讓巴拉圭當局面臨更大壓力，必須恢復外界對金融體系的信心。Ueno's collapse has left millions of customers struggling to access their funds and raised pressure on Paraguay's authorities to restore confidence in the financial system.

外匯經紀商 Freex 顧問卡洛斯・恩里克・儒尼奧爾（Carlos Henrique Junior）表示：「當局的因應措施，將是遏止任何蔓延效應並維護金融業公信力的關鍵。」"Authorities' response will be crucial in containing any contagion effects and preserving the sector's credibility," said Carlos Henrique Junior, an adviser at foreign-exchange brokerage Freex.

（Daniela Desantis 報導；Kylie Madry 補充報導；Aida Pelaez-Fernandez 撰稿；Natalia Siniawski 與 Rosalba O'Brien 編輯）(Reporting by Daniela Desantis; Additional reporting by Kylie Madry; Writing by Aida Pelaez-Fernandez; Editing by Natalia Siniawski and Rosalba O'Brien)