They are summoning businessman Marcelo Mindlin and former directors of Edenor, who are accused of using false invoices.

Justice accuses them of evading income tax and VAT in 2017 and 2018; They are also investigating the company’s suppliers

October 13, 202218:09

San Martin Federal Judge Emiliano Canicoba The former members of the company’s board of directors were summoned to testify in the investigation Edenorincluding the former president Marcelo Mindlin and other entrepreneurs who supply the company are accused of evading income tax and value added tax through alleged use. Fake invoices To justify the performance of works.

According to court sources, the judge summoned Mariano García Mittier, Lucas Sebastian Amado, Fernando Omar Bearz, Maria Carolina Sigvaldi, Damian Miguel Mindlinhis brother Marcos Marcelo MindlinEduardo Luis Llanos, Gustavo Marian, Maximiliano Alejandro Fernandez, Carlos Lorenzetti Ricardo Alberto Torres, Miguel Angel de GodoyEmilio Basavilbasso and Carlos Manuel Vidal.

Jesús Sebastian Vargas and Joaquin Martínez Christensen were also summoned by the company CYSE SA, in addition to Castor Fuentes, Mariano Fuentes and Gabriel Marino. Surveys are scheduled to begin on Monday, October 17th and close on the 23rd via Zoom..

Businessmen are accused of evading income tax. Fiscal years 2017 for 36,404,535.11 pesos and 2018 for 41,963,328.68 pesos; Income Tax – Undocumented Departures for 36,986,375.31 pesos for the 2017 period and 51,236,005.25 pesos for the 2018 period.

In addition, the judge put the value-added tax under the magnifying glass at 21,842,721.08 pesos for the 2017 commercial years and 2018, according to sources interviewed. 29,374,330.05 pesosfor mediation Full or partial use of invoices or other equivalent documents, ideologically false.

Protection

Close associates of the former directors of Edenor told ღ that it is not possible to use false invoices to simulate uncompleted work and thereby create costs to pay less tax. They noted that every time the works must be registered with a municipal permit, and that these works are also inspected by government officials to confirm that the workers are insured. That’s why they argued Invoices correspond to actual work performed.

“This reason arises as a result of buying Fake invoices Manufactured by over 1,000 contractor companies serving Edenor; It should be noted that there were no violations with Edenor”, they say from the company’s former directors.

Edenor’s former directors categorically deny the company’s tax evasion and have made themselves available to a judge to cooperate with the process.

Sources close to the company said the entire previous board of directors had been subpoenaed over the criminal tax issue, which appears to be in violation of criminal law because There are directors who are even from ANSESwho have no idea why they are called.

Sources say there is Companies classified as mixed by AFIPThat is, they actually carry out the work and at the same time are accused of issuing apocryphal invoices in other cases. People close to Edenor confirmed that these companies were efficient providers In those periods over the years.

One of the facilitators of this work is the financial information department, which is the management of the current government. The company Edenor changed less than two years ago and became controlled by businessmen Daniel Villa, Jose Luis Manzano and Mauricio Philibert.