Presiden Guillermo Lasso menghadapi berbagai tuduhan mengenai korupsi yang dilaporkan selama masa jabatannya selama dua tahun.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Colchen |first=Gabrielle |date=2023-05-18 |title=Guillermo Lasso, dos años turbulentos de mandato marcados por varias crisis |trans-title=Guillermo Lasso, two turbulent years in office marked by several crises |url=https://www.france24.com/es/am%C3%A9rica-latina/20230518-guillermo-lasso-dos-a%C3%B1os-turbulentos-de-mandato-marcados-por-varias-crisis |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=[[France 24]] |language=es |archive-date=18 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230518153115/https://www.france24.com/es/am%C3%A9rica-latina/20230518-guillermo-lasso-dos-a%C3%B1os-turbulentos-de-mandato-marcados-por-varias-crisis |url-status=live }}</ref> Dalam makalah [[Pandora Papers]] yang dibocorkan oleh [[Konsorsium Jurnalis Investigatif Internasional]] ({{lang-en|''International Consortium of Investigative Journalists''}}, ICIJ), Lasso menghadapi kontroversi pertamanya pada Oktober 2021 ketika dilaporkan bahwa dia memiliki rekening bank asing di suaka[[surga pajak]] yang dibuat untuk mencegah orang lain melihat kekayaan bersihnya; tindakan yang ilegal bagi pejabat publik di Ekuador.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web |date=3 October 2021 |title=Presidente de Ecuador Guillermo Lasso creó un entramado 'offshore' para ocultar su fortuna, según los Pandora Papers |trans-title=President of Ecuador Guillermo Lasso creates an 'offshore' framework to hide his wealth, according to the Pandora Papers |url=https://elcomercio.pe/mundo/latinoamerica/pandora-papers-guillermo-lasso-el-entramado-offshore-del-banquero-que-llego-a-presidente-de-ecuador-panama-dakota-del-sur-noticia/ |work=[[El Comercio (Peru)|El Comercio]] |language=es |access-date=22 May 2023 |archive-date=3 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003203737/https://elcomercio.pe/mundo/latinoamerica/pandora-papers-guillermo-lasso-el-entramado-offshore-del-banquero-que-llego-a-presidente-de-ecuador-panama-dakota-del-sur-noticia/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Lasso menjawab dengan mengatakan bahwa dia akan transparan dengan ICIJ, dengan menyatakan bahwa dia telah menghapus aset dari rekening luar negerinya secara legal.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kueffner |first=Stephan |date=October 4, 2021 |title=Ecuador's Lasso Says He Cooperated With Pandora Papers Probe |url=https://news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-report-international/ecuadors-lasso-says-he-cooperated-with-pandora-papers-probe |accessdate=8 October 2021 |website=Bloomberg Tax |archive-date=11 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111031122/https://news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-report-international/ecuadors-lasso-says-he-cooperated-with-pandora-papers-probe |url-status=live }}</ref> Sebuah komite kongres berusaha memulai proses untuk mengeluarkan Lasso dari jabatannya, meskipun hal ini diblokir oleh pemerintahannya.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Romero |first=Daniel |date=2023-05-15 |title=Tres elementos debería tomar en cuenta Lasso si sobrevive al juicio |trans-title=Three things Lasso should consider if he survives trial |url=https://www.elcomercio.com/actualidad/politica/tres-elementos-deberia-tomar-en-cuenta-lasso-si-sobrevive-al-juicio.html |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=[[El Comercio (Ecuador)|El Comercio]] |language=es-EC |archive-date=19 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519051233/https://www.elcomercio.com/actualidad/politica/tres-elementos-deberia-tomar-en-cuenta-lasso-si-sobrevive-al-juicio.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Investigasi Lasso diajukan oleh Pengawas Keuangan Ekuador.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Valencia |first1=Alexandra |date=22 October 2021 |title=Ecuador President Lasso to be investigated for tax fraud after Pandora Papers leak |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/ecuador-president-lasso-be-investigated-tax-fraud-after-pandora-papers-leak-2021-10-21/ |accessdate=27 October 2021 |archive-date=27 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027053257/https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/ecuador-president-lasso-be-investigated-tax-fraud-after-pandora-papers-leak-2021-10-21/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
