Boudou was prosecuted for apocryphal bills

Today, the oral arguments of the


Ciccone
in which the former vice president is treated


Amado Boudou
. But yesterday the federal judge


Ariel Lijo
expanded his lawsuits in another case by presenting apocryphal invoices during his performance as Minister of the Economy's first management.


Cristina Kirchner

Boudou was sued by Lijo several months ago for "swindle in the public administration by filing affidavits with false information and apocryphaque deeds of payment", during the surrender of per diem and 39 hotels for a trip to Paris. 2011, in the context of the meeting of finance ministers and governors of the central banks of the G20 in Paris

In the case, more than 250 files are badyzed, and for one of them, on hotel and translation expenses, Boudou was questioned on June 14th.

After the translator, Ana Ruth Juárez, who admitted to having provided translation services during this trip, indicated that the figure presented to the then Ministry of the Economy (3050 euros) That was true, the information was incorporated in the case and the treatment was extended. "The translation services are charged between 600 and 1000 euros."

With the statement of Juarez, for Lijo was confirmed that there were false documents in the submission of bills related to per diem for more than 17,000 euros and this money "»

In his statement In Lijo, Boudou – treated with Guido Forcieri, his former chief of staff – disbadociated and argued that "no minister is responsible for administrative duties." However, in the resolution presented yesterday, Lijo objected that "he was the highest authority and was in charge of administering the funds allocated."

The Ciccone Affair

Today will continue the allegations in the trial by Ciccone before the Federal Criminal Court No. 4, composed of Judges Pablo Bertuzzi, Néstor Costabel, Maria Gabriela López Iñíguez and Jorge Gorini

In addition to Boudou, Alejandro Vandenbroele, Guido Forcieri, José María Núñez Carmona, Nicolás Ciccone and Rafael Resnick Brenner are judged

Last week, the defense of Boudou asked the TOF No. 4 to be declared innocent. whereas his accusations, based on Boudou's relationship with José Núñez friends, but nothing has proved that Boudou has committed an irregularity. "