AFI director ran into a former M official linked to money laundering

AFI director Cristina Caamaño crossed paths with Juan Felix Marteau, a former Macrista official who was in charge of the National Coordination for the Fight against Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism. He had to resign from his post due to conflicts of interest.

Through his social networks, Caamano assured that he “is struck” by the former official speaking of “money laundering without turning red” since he had to resign from his functions “because of conflicts of interest “. The comment of the current director of AFI came in response to a sentence of Marteau in an interview with Infobae who, among other things, assured: “The anti-money laundering devices, I would say in all governments without exception, are crossed. by interests of partisans order of factions “.

In this regard, Caamano crossed it and added in the defense that he appears to be speaking “as if he were an outside and independent observer” when in fact he had to leave his post due to conflicts. of interest. He also added: “As an AFI speaker, I participate in the meetings of the Coordination Committee for the Prevention and Combating of Money Laundering, the Financing of Terrorism and the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction.

Finally, he alluded to Marteau’s ties to large corporations, although he added, “I’m not going to enter into a debate about Marteau’s background and his ties to large multinational corporations.

Who is Juan Félix Marteau

The former head of the macrismo was in charge of the National Coordination for the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism during the first years of the macrismo. Among his multiple conflicts of interest was the offer to his clients to adhere to Law 27,260, which established a voluntary “and exceptional” system of undeclared money laundering.

At the time, an offer was distributed to his clients in which he called for money laundering to enter the country. Right there, the study of the man in charge of the fight against money laundering proposed: “You can join money laundering until March 31, 2017 inclusive. Join money laundering by complying with anti-money laundering regulations. Consult our specialists.

Such was the scandal that even the Anti-Corruption Office itself, headed by ultramacrist Laura Alonso, began to investigate after offering this service to its clients. Marteau arrived at the Ministry of Justice, which depended on Germán Garavano, as part of a group of professionals and technicians who came to the state from the private sector and who were a close friend of the prosecutor, also a macrista, Ramón Pleé. Finally, after what the start of the Macrista OA investigation meant, he finally resigned from his post because of what this conflict of interest meant.