Investigated for a series of frauds against clients, celebrity and sports lawyer Nicolas Baiarola Hernaiz, who represented, among other personalities,Media host Wanda NaraAnd to World Champion Gonzalo MontielHe was arrested today from his home in the Golf neighbourhood Nordelta Urban Complexin the Tigre match.
This has been reported to Nation Qualified police and judicial sources. The arrest warrant was signed by San Isidro Guarantees Judge Andrea Rodríguez Mentaste, after revoking the exemption from prison enjoyed by Baiarola Hernaez.
The attorney is charged with fraud in perfect competition with fraud by improper retention, fraud by misuse of a blank signature and fraud by repeated fraudulent administration. The investigation is being led by Cosme Iribaren, one of the deputy public prosecutors in San Isidro.
A source who participated in the operation in which the lawyer was arrested said: “He is accused of committing 11 fraud crimes.”
The arrest was made early today by members of the Tigre Provincial Police Station, of the AMBA Norte I Security Supervision Authority of the Buenos Aires Provincial Police, led by Commissioner General Lukas Borg.
He said: “We were waiting for this arrest. Baiarola Hernaez never provided the keys to the electronic devices and mobile phones seized in the raid (last June) and it was proven that he had access remotely. We are looking at the embezzlement of a large sum of millions of dollars. I believe that the investigation should be expanded to include the rest of the gang members.” Nation Lawyer José María Vera, legal representative of Alejandro O, one of the victims.
Judge Rodríguez Mentasti also ordered a search of a house in Picard, in San Isidro, where Bayarola Hernaez’s cousin lives, with the aim of searching for documents linked to the victims of the fraud.
Last month, the First Chamber of the Court of Appeals and Criminal Guarantees of San Isidro ordered lawyer Bayarola Hernaiz to post P300 million bail to continue the process freely..
The investigation was initiated by Public Prosecutor Iribarren after the complaint of Alejandro O.
The complainant reported seven fraudulent acts. “The accused, having gained the trust of his client and friend through deception, abuse of trust, theft of documents and false promises to resolve the dispute from Sergio Alejandro or, unlawfully obtained, for his own benefit and the interest of potential third parties that would arise from the progress of the ongoing investigation, an amount of approx. $63,672,107 and 64,200 USDProsecutor Iribarin said in a ruling issued last June when he requested to search and study the lawyer’s home, located in Nordelta.
A representative of the Public Prosecutor’s Office had requested the arrest of the lawyer, but Security Judge Orlando Diaz rejected the request and merely allowed the raids.
“A priori Without prejudice to the conclusions and progress of the investigation, I understand that the facts stated here constitute crimes to cheat In a typical bankruptcy with fraud due to improper retention, fraud due to abuse of the blank signature, and fraud due to repeated fraudulent administration.“, said the Attorney General in the aforementioned opinion.
The representative of the Public Prosecutor’s Office also confirmed that the accused lawyer “caused economic and property damages to the aforementioned Sergio Alejandro, who was forced to pay in various files and procedures to finally resolve disputes and claims only because of Bayarola’s deception, a “huge” sum of approx. Valued at $13,221,872.70, EUR 27,500, and USD 608,000.“This is in addition to the ban and simple bankruptcy decrees, as appears from the added documents.”
In addition, at the beginning of last June, Baiarola Hernaiz received another legal setback. The National Court of Criminal and Correctional Appeals confirmed the first instance trial in the case in which Montiel was convicted of fraud, according to the website. information.