Puerto Vallarta News

Puerto Vallarta News

Puerto Vallarta coroner and detective charged with falsifying death certificate in life insurance fraud

A coroner from the Jalisco Institute of Forensic Sciences (IJCF) in Puerto Vallarta was removed from his duties and charged with abuse of power in life insurance fraud scheme.

The State Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office reported that on June 24, the forensic doctor Alberto "N" and the investigative police officer of the State Prosecutor's Office, Gerardo "N", were criminally charged for events that occurred on June 26, 2019, when they falsely reported the accidental death of a person.

Then the forensic doctor was in charge of performing the autopsy of the deceased person . . .

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