“The last time I saw him, he gave me a jar of raspberry jam he produced on land he owned in San Pedro. It’s a great ending. He was always very good until he misbehaved.” Testimony from Santiago Bonta, alleged victim to cheat On hand christian Silberglit, An entrepreneur with famous real estate projects, such as the country’s first emblematic building, and gastronomic companies.
According to the complaint filed by Ponta at the Specialized Cybercrime Unit (Ufeic) of the Judicial Department of San Isidro, led by Public Prosecutor Alejandro Moso, on November 26, 2024, he handed it over to Silbergleit 210,000 US dollars By making a deposit into your virtual wallet with a promise of return. The agreement was to return $200,000 on March 10, 2025 to buy or renovate a property, but the money never came back and Silbergliet stopped answering the phone after a 25-year relationship.
“Every time I went to the office, he would come in with a glass of wine,” says Diego Cosalter, who has known Silberglit for more than 30 years. In his case, as of June this year, he had invested more than 580,000 US dollars While his wife Flavia was more than 132,000 US dollars And his brother 134,000 US dollars. They received feedback from the businessman until the end of June, beginning of July, when he also stopped responding to them and then left the offices he had in Puerto Madero.
Cosalter and his wife filed a complaint with the National Criminal and Correctional Court No. 14, presided over by Ricardo Farias. There, another complaint was filed 28 victims They were going to lose 12 million US dollars. The lawyer for that group is Alfredo Soares Gaci, who speaks directly about the Ponzi scheme.
“We have established that the last investments he received were to pay interest. When you start doing that, it is a scam, and the moment you stop receiving money, it collapses. Between April and May, interest rates rose and promised annual dollar returns of up to 15%, while previous contracts were 9%, 10% or 12%. He explained.
Most of its clients have signed reciprocal contracts with the company car rental, Through which Silbergleit pumped money into projects in the real economy.
The most amazing is the one being built in Punta del Este called Signature at the Sea. There, Silbergleit was one of the contributors to the project through Izuri sa la nación He tried to contact the real estate company that is marketing it to find out what the businessman’s participation was, but he did not receive any response.
In Buenos Aires, he was also building the country’s first tokenized building, at 1173 Salta Street, through the company. Salta 1173 SA, linked to Kosinark SA From the company that collaborated on the coding, R3al Blocks, they say they did not hear from the architect or the person responsible for the project for three months. Beyond that, they ensured that those who invested through R3al did not lose money and would receive their returns.
In the gastronomic sector, Silbergleit will have stakes in the Glorias restaurant in River Plate, in the Vico Wine Bar premises and in wine distribution. Dreamers. In addition, it has a mining project in San Juan called Golden Mining.
LA NACION contacted the surrounding areas of Silbergleit. His girlfriend, Lorena Carrizo, denied that any crime had occurred Court No. 14. There was a businessman It was rejected by Public Prosecutor Pablo Requini in the case brought by Cosalter, but then the Sixth Circuit of the National Court of Criminal and Correctional Appeals overturned the rejection decision. When the case returned to Court No. 14, it was added to the case of the 28 complainants and the public prosecutor filed an appeal for the judge to take over the investigation. Now the First Chamber of the National Court of Criminal and Correctional Appeals must decide who will lead the investigation.
Victims are determined to continue the legal battle while waiting for the courts to determine whether or not they are facing a business that has collapsed A carefully created scam for a while.