Lava Jato in Argentina: “Corcho” Rodriguez summoned on charges of money laundering
The businessman accused of brokering Odebrecht’s bribes was summoned by Judge Sebastian Casanello to answer for the helicopter company’s sales and operations.
Jorge “Corcho” Rodriguez Adds legal problems. The investigation he is facing for his alleged role as a middleman in bribes that Odebrecht And other companies paid for the head of Argentina car wash Now another one is being added to the alleged money laundering, also linked to that hemispheric corruption conspiracy.
federal judge Sebastian Casanello He was subpoenaed to testify on November 22 after concluding there was sufficient evidence to suspect he had laundered millions of dollars in illegal funds. And that he would do so, the magistrate said, through the sales and operations of the helicopter company.
Thus, Casanello granted the federal prosecutor’s request Federico Delgadowhich investigated the movements of the firm Helicopter Corporation SA in complex crimes and organized crime with the Directorate of Legal Aid (Dajudeco), the Office of the Prosecutor for Economic Crime and Money Laundering (Procelac) and anti-money laundering. Unit (UIF), during the period when “Corcho” Rodríguez brokered the payment of Odebrecht’s bribe.
The investigation focused, in particular, on the helicopter, LV-CFO, which was already the target of the anti-corruption service in 2018. This body, then headed by Laura Alonso, found a possible correlation between the delivery of bags with money recorded in the notebooks of Oscar Centeno and the departure of this helicopter to Uruguay.
Then there was a consultation ღRodriguez denied the OA presentation. “I have been going to Uruguay since 1997. I have investments there,” he said. “For years I’ve been traveling almost every weekend and once a week or once every ten days. There are more than 200 trips in recent years. Of course, someone will agree with Centeno’s goal, but you have to use common sense! “- he said.
The forensic probe also included several of Rodriguez’s associates and close associates. Among them, his accountant, Osvaldo Gandini, and the Uruguayan Carlos Dentone, who appears in Montevideo as the face of Sabrimol Trading, one of the companies that served as a conduit for Odebrecht’s bribes and which, according to Argentine justice, he owns. “To Cork”.
Denton himself confirmed when ღ Contacted him in 2017. “Sabrimol Trading was a company that was formed in 2007 and the owner of the shares was Jorge Rodríguez and although the shares are bearer, practically they have to be registered,” he said. I was a member of the company’s board of directors because I was its administrative director, but he was the owner.
However, Rodriguez denies being the owner. And he relied on Dajudeco’s report of June this year to confirm his position. In that story, they made a note from the surroundings of “Korcho” before starting the consultation ღThe entire case file, 582 records of commercial connections and 258 records of corporate relationships were analyzed, showing that Denton and Martin Molinolo are the ultimate beneficiaries of Sabrimol and partners/owners of Latin Financial LP and Capital Investment Enterprise. , which are the companies that gave the loan to Rodriguez and the ones that paid the vendor for the helicopter in Uruguay.”
In this context, it was time for Judge Casanello to hear the accused. “I believe there are enough incriminating elements to warrant the investigative testimony requested by the defendant,” he assessed, granting Prosecutor Delgado’s request and ordering eight investigations from the 22nd to the 25th of next month.
Thus, “Korchom” Rodríguez must testify via video conference on November 22; It will be Jerry’s turn the next day Carlos Alberto Rodriguez i Carlos Dentone; On the 24th, the Uruguayan accountant will be investigated Martin Molino Menafra i Fabian Carballo; And they will announce it on the 25th Patricia Buzz i Osvaldo Gandini.
The subpoena represents a new legal setback for Rodríguez, who already faces confirmed prosecution for his alleged role in brokering at least $14 million in bribes after Brazilian company Odebrecht and its local partners (Benito Roggio Construcciones, José Cartellone Construcciones y. Supercemento) won a tender for Aisa’s water treatment plant. to build a factory in Parana de las Palmas.
In addition to this first investigation, which is being heard orally by Federal Criminal Court No. 7, there is another investigation ordered by a federal judge. Daniel Rafekas. It concerns the alleged payment of $25 million in bribes – with him as one of the middlemen – for a contract to expand the gas pipeline network. Like the previous one, it is already in the process of oral argument in the Federal Criminal Court No. 2.
Lava Jato’s third local chapter would also include “Corcho” Rodriguez among alleged participants in the criminal conspiracy. It focused on bribes paid by Odebrecht and its partners Iecsa Angelo Calcaterra-, Ghela and Comasa to keep the 1500 million USD contract intended to bury the Sarmiento train. Unlike before, it is still in the first instance, but a significant step was recorded last week.
with signatures Horace Rosat, Charles Rosencrantz i Ricardo LorenzettiThe Supreme Court dismissed the appeals July de vido and former vice president of Odebrecht Latin America, Luis Antonio Mammer. Both tried to suppress the evidence they had obtained and exposed. ღwho then contributed to their criminal investigation.
Source: La Nacion
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