More Companies And Many More Millions to Ernesto Perez Balladares
(Panama-Guide ) By Santiago Fascetto for La Prensa - Shelf Holding Inc., the company controlled by former Panamanian president Ernesto PĂ©rez Balladares, received money directly from other companies besides Lucky Games Ltd., the company awarded a direct concession by the Perez Balladares administration to operate nine slot machine rooms in 1996. Shielded by a complicated structure of local corporations, and through a triangulation of money and funds, Shelf Holdings Inc. also received funds from gambling.