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UNSCH Professor’s Home Raided in Ayacucho Bribery Probe, Over 17,000 Soles Seized

Prosecutors are reviewing seized evidence in a passive bribery investigation linked to alleged pay-for-grades.

Overview

  • Regional anti-corruption prosecutors executed a judicial search of professor Leónidas Valerio Contreras Quispe’s residence on September 22 in coordination with the National Police’s anti-corruption unit.
  • Assistant provincial prosecutor Rosa Huañac Inga led the operation targeting the 60-year-old basic mathematics instructor at the Universidad Nacional de San Cristóbal de Huamanga.
  • According to the investigation, the professor allegedly solicited and received 700 soles in cash to approve a group of students in his course.
  • Investigators seized documents, the professor’s cellphone, and manila envelopes containing cash, with a preliminary total exceeding 17,000 soles.
  • The Public Ministry said the case remains under fiscal inquiry, and authorities invited additional students with information to cooperate with investigators.