The Municipality of Paihuano has fired a public employee who entered Casino Enjoy Coquimbo while on medical leave.
The former employee, identified by her initials A.K.M.J., was found to have breached Chile's standards of administrative probity after investigators reviewed witness testimony, official reports and documentary evidence related to the case. Based on those findings, the presiding investigator recommended dismissal, a sanction later upheld by municipal authorities.
The municipality's resolution noted that due process guarantees were observed throughout the procedure, including the right to submit a defense, present evidence and exercise available legal remedies. An appeal submitted by the employee was subsequently rejected.
The case carries an additional layer of public attention: the dismissed official is the same person who filed a sexual abuse complaint against Paihuano's Mayor, Hernán Ahumada, a judicial matter that is being handled separately and which the administrative record explicitly states has no bearing on the disciplinary outcome.
The Chilean audit body has been cross-referencing casino entry data with public employment records as part of a broader effort to identify improper use of medical leave across local government. The Paihuano case is one of several to result from that review, and it illustrates how casino operators' entry data can become a tool in public sector compliance enforcement.
Casino Enjoy Coquimbo is operated by Enjoy, one of Chile's two main land-based casino groups
