巴拉圭擴大對倒閉數位銀行的調查，並任命新任央行總裁

亞松森，11月9日（路透社）—— 巴拉圭檢方週一擴大對數位貸款機構 ueno 倒閉案的調查，突襲搜查該公司的券商部門；與此同時，政府任命新任央行總裁，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.

檢方發布的影像顯示，突襲搜查中查獲遭撕碎的文件，包括疑似盡職調查報告與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.

這項行動是快速推進調查的最新一步；該調查已導致前總統聖地牙哥・培尼亞（Santiago Peña）下台、前央行總裁卡洛斯・卡瓦略（Carlos Carvallo）請辭，以及 ueno 前高階主管被捕。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，國會批准新宣誓就職的總統佩德羅・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。前銀行監管官員費南多・里瓦羅拉（Fernando Rivarola）獲任命為央行理事會成員。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.

里瓦羅拉曾在一份7月報告中對 ueno 提出警告，該報告後來外流給當地媒體，並協助引發這場危機；危機導致培尼亞週五被迫下台，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.

培尼亞與卡瓦略均與 ueno 有商業關係，兩人已因涉嫌背信與為個人利益進行管理而遭起訴，並被羈押候審。兩人均否認有不法行為。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，以打開一處與培尼亞有關的不動產內發現的高度安全保險庫；同時，另一組人員搜索了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 的倒閉使數百萬名客戶難以取用資金，也加大巴拉圭主管機關恢復金融體系信心的壓力。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（Carlos Henrique Junior）表示：「主管機關的應對，對於遏止任何蔓延效應並維持該產業的公信力將至關重要。」"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)