Penta case

The Penta case (also known as Pentagate, or Penta–SQM, since the two cases are related) is a criminal case and scandal in Chile involving Grupo Penta (also known as Empresas Penta), a Chilean holding company, and employees of the Chilean Internal Revenue Service (Servicio de Impuestos Internos, SII). Key employees of the firm were convicted of committing tax fraud by creating fake invoices within the SII. These funds were then directed to the political campaigns of mainly UDI politicians as illegal campaign contributions. Several Penta employees, as well as some of their family members, have been convicted of tax evasion, bribery, and money laundering.