Notebooks: Former accountant Cristina Kirchner asked to testify with Stornelli prosecutor and could repent – 05/02/2019

The defense of the former accountant arrested the Kirchner family, Víctor Manzanares, invited to testify before the prosecutor Carlos Stornelli in the case that investigates the crimes of corruption as a result of the notebooks of the driver Oscar Centeno. The accountant is included in the section dealing with the money laundering structure in the United States and it is badumed that he could try to be admitted as an accused collaborator.

Víctor Manzanares has been imprisoned in Marcos Paz prison since 17 July 2017, also on the decision of Bonadio, who accused him of "obstruction of justice" in another criminal case, "Los Sauces", the real estate agency of the Kirchner family whose main tenants were Lázaro Báez and Cristóbal López.

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The investigation on Manzanares took place after the repentance of Sergio Todisco, the head man of Kirchner's private secretary, Daniel Muñoz. In judicial sources, it has been stated that Todisco would have confessed details about Manzanares' role in the release of the $ 70 million bribe Muñoz had handled and they were invested in the United States.

Manzanares then refused to testify. His lawyer, Alejandro Baldini, asked to be heard by the prosecutor, Carlos Stornelli. According to judicial sources, with the progress of this part of the investigation into the movement of funds in the United States (70 million US dollars), the defense felt that it was "appropriate" for the accountant to "make contributions to the cause". This could result in a request to become an accused collaborator.

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According to the testimony of Todisco and Municoy, Manzanares would have intervened in the operation in favor of the widow of Daniel Muñoz and the political niece of the former governor of Santa Cruz, Daniel Peralta.We will buy two parking lots in the federal capital, among others under the judicial lens.

The former accountant of Kirchner was involved through the company Madaco SA, which he had incorporated in 2006. In 2012, Muñoz acquired the entire shareholder package for 2 million pesos. It happens that Madaco owns 90% of Cayuqueo Saciifya's share capital and that 10% belongs to a company of Muñoz and Manzanares, "MM Servicios SA".

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Madaco SA reportedly received in 2016 1,500,000 pesos used to acquire 100,000 dollars extracted after the operation of the corresponding account. There were other operations that resulted in the sale of one property for 3,700,000 pesos. The money was deposited on the account of the company owned by Manzanares.

For researchers, there is evidence of the existence during Kirchnerism of Social links between Manzanares and inmate Carolina Pochetti, widow of Muñoz, accepted as collaborator accused a few days ago.

Last year, it was also discovered that Manzanares has an undisclosed bank account with AFIP in a Luxembourg bank with a balance of 300 thousand dollars, and now the government and the justice seek to recover this money.

Prosecutor Gerardo Pollicita asked, through Federal Judge Julián Ercolini, that a warrant be sent to Luxembourg, formally requesting the freezing of money and asking for the recovery of the money, which was then made public .

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In March 2018, the accountant negotiated the possibility of becoming repentant in the Los Sauces case, but at the last moment he drew back. In parallel, another who was about to repent was the former governor of Santa Cruz, Carlos Sancho. He had negotiated with the prosecutor Carlos Rívolo to give information on the Kirchner and on the role of Manzanares in the management of K. money the victory.

Manzanares' role in family affairs and the environment of the Kirhcners was decisive, since it was he who submitted in 2009 a report to the federal judge of the time, Norberto Oyarbide, "justifying" the supposedly virgin revenues to put an end to the increase in the company's equity. 158% that Kirchner had had in 2008.

Manzanares was incarcerated by Bonadio for attempting to avoid a judicial seizure of money collected every month for the rental of apartments in a Santa Cruz building belonging to the Kirchner family and making the property. 39, subject of an investigation at Los Sauces.