Surprisingly and when it seemed that the criminal investigation into illegal connection and fraud with the wrong cryptocurrency was concluded A cointhe complex crimes prosecutor Enrique Gavier Now go ahead the financial side. On December 1, the same day that the abbreviated trial agreement hearing took place against the main defendants, Gavier, as a suspected member of the party, ordered the arrest illegal association from Nicholas AlfonsoCEO of Investment Management and Manager of Iaef Córdoba (Argentine Institute of Finance Executives). Due to Alfonso’s profile and relevance, the data had an impact on Córdoba’s financial and business community.
In this new phase of the investigation, the public prosecutor’s office also brought charges for alleged crimes concealment To six bank managers or executives which enabled accounts for the company ODT Argentina SA. They are: Mariano Chianalino, Paula Ramírez, Cristian Austin, Tomás Ezequiel Sedo, Daniel Ritacca and Cecilia Sevastakis. They belonged – some still remain – to the banks Supervielle, Nación and BBVA. There was no arrest warrant against her.
According to the information, he was able to reconstruct it CORDOBA profile about sources with access to the file, thanks to Alfonso, Adolfo Amuchástegui was able to move the funds deposited at Banco Itaúwho had been immobilized by the Suspicious activity report (ROS).
In November 2018, information was requested from the Financial Information Department (UIF) regarding the company ODT Argentina SAused as a collective account. Banco Itaú inserted the signature in “Blacklist” and ended the banking relationshipsince the warning was defined as high risk of fraud and possible money laundering.
At the end of 2018, ODT Argentina – chaired by Adolfo Amuchástegui – had deposits of more than 18 million pesos and two million dollars. Amuchástegui himself argued in his statement that the account closure was due to “crypto issues.”
At this critical moment it was necessary to move the money to other banks. In parallel, the fake cryptocurrency’s appeal to investors and customers continued with the promise that it would go public in 2019. This flow of money had to be channeled again through the financial system.
This is the suspicion of the judiciary The head of ODT Argentina’s stock market and financial movements was Alfonsofor their expertise and contacts. The centrality of its role in the development of financial operations would have allowed the company to continue collecting money, ignoring Banco Itaú, which had reported discrepancies in the company. Apparently Amuchástegui – an accountant – and Alfonso knew each other, although he denied this when testifying in court.
The first of them even asked the broker for advice knowing full well that there were indications of possible money launderingAlfonso would have suggested opening accounts in the above-mentioned banks and through S&C Inversiones, Aníbal Casas Arregui’s brokerage firm, and taking them abroad ODT Panama. This is one of the suspicions that the judicial investigation must clarify.
Thanks to Alfonso’s connections with managers of financial institutions, the operation included opening accounts at various banks, pawning, collecting and exchanging checks.
With regard to the bank managers, the accusation of concealment is: They did it hidden or withheld documentation and partial reports provided at the request of the public prosecutor. That’s why they were now involved in the case. Without this cooperation and after a SAR and the intervention of the FIU, it would have been practically impossible for ODT Argentina to continue operations.
The Fake Crypto
The financial manipulation, described in very broad terms, took place while One Life, the company’s public name, continued to lure customers with the vain promise of what would later be revealed high returns on the One Coin cryptocurrency. Presentations in luxury hotels and coaching sessions on the topic of “financial education” would be the key to acquiring customers in a pyramid scheme.
In fact, one of the data that recently came to light is that the company MRQZPABAR, owned by Ariel and Pablo Márquez – arrested and accused of thousands of real estate frauds – had invested more than $1 million in One Coin between October 2018 and April 2019. Did some of the money from the houses they didn’t build go into the illusion of crypto?
The Bulgarian was behind everything Ruya Ignatovadubbed “the queen of cryptocurrencies,” who is still wanted despite reports that she was murdered, and her brother Konstantin Ignatov Plamenov, who was imprisoned for a time in the United States.
José Gordo, a person of Spanish nationality and a central figure in the Ponzi scheme, is also a fugitive in the main file of the One Coin scams.
The case broke out in Córdoba at the end of 2020. After five years, on December 1st, in the 10. Criminal ChamberA hearing took place there The majority of those accused of illicit association and repeated fraud pleaded guilty after agreement with the public prosecutor on penalties and compensation. The maximum sentence was imposed on Alejandro Taylor, 9 years in prison; There were also prison sentences for Manuel Peralta Guevara, 8 years and $1,000; Ricardo Beretta, 7 years and $14,000; Ariel Morassut, Edgar Moreno and Daniel Cornaglia, 6 years 11 months in prison and paying $11 million each, Andrés López, 6 years 6 months and $1 million; Nancy Graciela Díaz, 3 years conditional execution and $5,000, and Aldo Leguizamón, 3 years conditional execution and $12,000.
Only The situation of the auditor Adolfo Amuchástegui was unclearis considered one of One Coin’s main references alongside Taylor in the judicial investigation. So far there has been no agreement with the public prosecutor’s office on the amount of the fine and compensation to be paid. He is defended by lawyer Sebastián Becerra Ferrer.
The 10th Criminal Chamber, chaired by Juan José Rojas Moresi and composed of Carlos Palacio Laje and Alfredo Villegas, established the Criminal Chamber next hearing scheduled for December 22nd. Meanwhile, and in an early stage, Gavier is making progress on its financial foundation. All new defendants have already been investigated.
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