Cohecho Comercial en el Estado de Washington

Explicación Simple

El cohecho comercial es cuando alguien ofrece dinero o beneficios a una persona de confianza para que haga algo deshonesto. Por ejemplo, si un médico acepta dinero para favorecer a un proveedor de servicios. Esto es ilegal porque rompe la confianza que se tiene en esas relaciones.

Es como si un jugador le pagara a un árbitro para que favorezca a su equipo durante un partido. Esta acción rompe las reglas del juego y es considerada injusta.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan, un mecánico, ofrece un pago a María, una agente de seguros, para que recomiende sus servicios a los clientes que tienen reclamos. Si María acepta este dinero esperando que lo haga a cambio de favorecer a Juan, ambos estarían cometiendo cohecho comercial.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

RCW 9A.68.060 - Commercial bribery (1) For purposes of this section:(a) "Claimant" means a person who has or is believed by an actor to have an insurance claim.(b) "Service provider" means a person who directly or indirectly provides, advertises, or otherwise claims to provide services.(c) "Services" means health care services, motor vehicle body or other motor vehicle repair, and preparing, processing, presenting, or negotiating an insurance claim.(d) "Trusted person" means:(i) An agent, employee, or partner of another;(ii) An administrator, executor, conservator, guardian, receiver, or trustee of a person or an estate, or any other person acting in a fiduciary capacity;(iii) An accountant, appraiser, attorney, physician, or other professional adviser;(iv) An officer or director of a corporation, or any other person who participates in the affairs of a corporation, partnership, or unincorporated association; or(v) An arbitrator, mediator, or other purportedly disinterested adjudicator or referee.(2) A person is guilty of commercial bribery if:(a) He or she offers, confers, or agrees to confer a pecuniary benefit directly or indirectly upon a trusted person under a request, agreement, or understanding that the trusted person will violate a duty of fidelity or trust arising from his or her position as a trusted person;(b) Being a trusted person, he or she requests, accepts, or agrees to accept a pecuniary benefit for himself, herself, or another under a request, agreement, or understanding that he or she will violate a duty of fidelity or trust arising from his or her position as a trusted person; or(c) Being an employee or agent of an insurer, he or she requests, accepts, or agrees to accept a pecuniary benefit for himself or herself, or a person other than the insurer