The lawsuit regarding alleged fraud using bogus cryptocurrency One coin It was an intense day on Monday 1st December.
While in crime room ten, In the oral and general discussion, 11 accused of illicit association and repeated fraud admitted and formalized their responsibility Penal agreements with the Public Prosecutionthe coach Enrique Javier I ordered one New arrest and four charges.
Who is the new detainee?
The news had a strong impact on the city of Cordoba and the business community because the person who was arrested was the famous financial advisor. Nicola AlfonsoCEO of the company Focus on investment management And a manager International Association of Athletics Federations Cordoba.
According to reports, the public prosecutor is charging him Alleged illegal association For their cooperation with the leaders of the fake cryptocurrency, Alejandro Taylor and Adolfo Amochastegui, Take money from Argentina abroad.
Javier also filed charges against four directors of different financial entities, whose identities were not revealed. They were not detained.
How did the investigation start?
The One Coin case began when it was discovered that it was an organization that sold financial education and “delivered tokens” to investors with the promise of a virtual currency that would be announced in January 2019. When the date came, it did not happen. Instead of blockchain technology, they had an internal system where they focused on attracting investors and a platform called Dealshaker.
On the day the trial began — last October 21 — one detail emerged: Among the investors were brothers Ariel and Pablo Marquez, who were arrested and convicted on charges of alleged real estate fraud. They put a million dollars in one coin.
Agreements and sanctions
In today’s session, agreements were reached between 11 defendants and the Public Prosecutor’s Office. In exchange for confession of the crime and public expression of the request for pardon, the following penalties and financial compensation were set for the victims:
Alexander Taylor: 9 years. He has been detained for five years, and through the training courses he has taken, he will soon be able to obtain parole, a benefit his lawyers will certainly request.
Ariel Marasot. 6 years, 11 months and $11 million.
Edgar Moreno: 6 years, 11 months, and $11 million.
Gabriela Monica Blasco: 6 years and 6 million dollars.
Mariana Noelle Lopez: 3 years and 10 months.
Manuel Vicente Peralta Guevara: 8 years and 1000 US dollars. He has been detained for 4 years and 11 months. He has five months until he can apply for parole.
Andres Matias Lopez: 6 years, 6 months, and $1 million.
Ricardo Beretta: 7 years and 14,000 US dollars
Daniel Cornaglia: 6 years, 11 months, and $14,700
Nancy Graciela Diaz: 3 years of conditional execution and $5,000
Aldo Leguizamon: 3 years conditional execution and 12,000 US dollars
The next hearing will be on December 22 where the status of Adolfo Amochastegui, one of the main perpetrators alongside Taylor, will be discussed. To date, his lawyer, Sebastian Becerra Ferrer, has not reached an agreement with the prosecutor.
Sexual assault in prison
Prosecutor Enrique Javier also asked the 10th Crime Chamber to transfer the records to the Public Prosecutor’s Office because during the oral discussion that began weeks ago, one of the accused revealed that she had been the victim of a sexual assault while detained in Boyer.