A man allegedly linked to a case that left over 90 million pesos in unpaid goods to a state company in Sancti Spíritus was arrested after returning to Cuba, according to information released on social media this Saturday.
The arrest was reported by the Facebook profile My Tempered Loyalty, linked to content from the Ministry of the Interior (MININT), which identified the arrested individual as a self-employed worker from Villa Clara related to a case that occurred at the Agro-Supply Company of Sancti Spíritus, belonging to Gelma.
According to that version, the man is said to have received goods valued at over 90 million pesos without making the corresponding payment and subsequently left the country.
The publication states that he has now been detained after returning to Cuban territory, although it does not specify when he returned, under what circumstances the arrest occurred, or what charges he is currently facing.
Among the goods involved were, according to the same source, disposable cups, textile garments, and lighting fixtures. It has also not been publicly reported what the final destination of those products was.
The case had come to light in August 2025, when five executives from the Agricultural Supply Company of Sancti Spíritus were sanctioned for acts of negligence and embezzlement that resulted in losses exceeding 97 million pesos.
During the judicial process, it was revealed that the most economically impactful incident was related to a self-employed worker who presented himself as a representative of a Local Development Project.
Despite the regulations requiring immediate payment, company officials delivered goods on several occasions without receiving the money.
Those operations accounted for over 94 million pesos. The man subsequently left Cuba, and until then, the authorities had not managed to recover the money corresponding to the delivered goods.
The process also included losses exceeding three million pesos due to food that spoiled after a malfunction in the company's refrigeration unit.
The sanctions against the five officials ranged from two years and six months to 20 years of imprisonment. The former general director received the highest sentence, while other executives were sentenced to 18, 16, and 10 years.
When the sentences were announced, they could still be appealed to the Supreme People's Court.
Days later, relatives of one of the sanctioned officials publicly questioned the process and maintained that she had been a victim of a scam.
According to that family version, part of the sales to the private worker would have taken place while the director was ill and not fully exercising her duties.
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