The Buenos Aires city prosecutor’s office issued an order on Friday subpoenaing nine leaders of San Lorenzo, including the president Manuel Morettito testify as accused as part of the criminal investigation, whose case number is 1266226, opened by a member’s complaint about the paralysis of the club due to internal problems. If they do not appear at the courthouse at 1333 Paseo Colón on Tuesday, December 16, They are searched by the police.
The measure bears the signature of Celsa Ramirezresponsible for one of the first instance prosecutors of the Buenos Aires Public Prosecutor’s Office. They are quoted alongside Moretti Julio César Lopardo, Andrés Terzano, Martín Cigna, Alejandro Barros, Leandro Goroyesky, Carina Farías, Alejandro Tamer and Juan Sagardoywho must appear before the public prosecutor.
According to the official document accessed by these media, the prosecutor’s office is committed to officially informing them of the facts accused of them and the evidence collected against them, and to advance their investigation, the central phase of any criminal case. In addition, fingerprint file extraction, a procedure intended to identify defendants, will be carried out.
In conclusion, Ramírez will provide proof of this There was no board meetingdespite the formal and explicit request of the judge hearing the case, which is why – according to the ongoing investigation – the club has crippled areas and caused employees to default on payments.
“The members of the board harmed the interests of the club by not responding to the administration’s subpoenas and requests for supporting documents. This resulted in the professional players not being paid, the contracts of the minor categories not being renewed and the accounting being intentionally opaque,” the prosecutor’s letter said.
The document also records the San Lorenzo Supervisory Commission’s indication to Moretti that the director would call an extraordinary meeting for non-compliance. In addition, managers will be notified by thein the absence of balance sheets for the years 2023 and 2024which suggests a deliberate maneuver to prevent oversight and conceal operations.
Since the defendants are inside disobedienceIn the event of an unjustified failure to appear, those involved can be removed by public authorities in order to ensure that the procedural action is completed. The measure is protected by Article 173 of the Buenos Aires Code of Criminal Procedure, which regulates the announcement of indictments and gives the Ministry of State the power to order coercive measures in the absence without good reason.
With the summons for investigation, the case enters a crucial phase: the defendant receives formal notice of the indictment and the technical defense process begins, while the prosecution moves forward with consolidating the case.
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