Andorran judge asks to declare Marplatenses leaders and financiers Daniel Muñoz «The daily newspaper of the capital of Mar del Plata

An Andorran judge asked the Argentine justice he took a statement from two leaders and several financiers from Mar del Plata linked to former presidential secretary Daniel Muñoz.

In total, there are 18 people accused of leading a money laundering maneuver in this European principality.

The figure studied, according to Infobae, exceeds 80 million euros.

Andorra's Specialized Investigation Court No. 2 has asked the Argentine courts to locate 18 Argentine citizens (some of whom also have Spanish nationality) so that: declare by the videoconferencing system.

The office also requests information on the progress of investigations opened in our country against Jonestur Group, one of four financial groups. they would have participated in the maneuver to escape Muñoz's money.

The request for collaboration of Andorra arrived at the end of the year to the court of Sebastián Casanello, who ordered to send it to the federal judge of Mar del Plata Santiago Inchausti. This magistrate investigates with the prosecutor Laura Mazzaferri an illicit badociation made up of several financiers of the city.

The case was held back by a suspicious decision of the Federal Chamber of Mar del Plata, but It has been reopened by the Supreme Court. The decision coincided with the prosecution ordered by Judge Claudio Bonadio over Muñoz's ringleaders for funds used to buy properties in the United States.

Forensic investigations have several points in common. Oscar Rigano, one of the owners of Jonestur who had previously been prosecuted as part of the illicit badociation, now appears in the office sent from Andorra. Two other names related to this financier are repeated in the list: Ramaglio and García Navarro.

Among the 18 people accused of money laundering are Marplatense businessman Sergio Todisco and his ex-wife Maria Elisabeth Ortiz Municoy. Judge Bonadio released both after providing information on Muñoz's monetary route.

The list sent by Andorra is rivaled by these names: Ruben Osvaldo Seret, Alfredo Carlos Blasco Garcia, Maria Fernanda Garcia, Gabriela Raquel Garcia, Santiago Cardoso, Juan Ignacio Cardoso, Maria Belen Cardoso, Soledad Irazoqui, Irazoqui Navy, Juan Cruz Campos Carles and Carlos Alberto Fagioli.

The judicial investigation opened in Andorra, with the collaboration of the local financial intelligence unit (UIFAND), points to a series of open bank accounts to triangulate the transfer to the United States.

To open the accounts, non-performing companies such as Brimark Holding SA, Mallerton International INC or Russhill Overseas SA were used.

Suspicious accounts they total 78 202 454 euros, according to a survey of October 3, 2017. To this amount add an additional € 2,591,356 in accounts on behalf of natural persons.

"The request for cooperation has its origin in the fact that badets of a total amount of 78 202 454 euros could come from illegal activities in Argentina," details the official letter circulated by Infobae. He adds: "From the data collected, it is clear that these accounts of Andorra serve as a bridge for the bank funds received by the group Jonestur in cash, so that it can be transferred internationally between banks in the United States (sic) ".

Research in Andorra focuses on two "intermediate" accounts. The first, identified as IBAN AD11 0006 0008 2812 0054 1171, It was on behalf of Todisco and his ex-wife, and it remained open from March 22, 2012 to July 28, 2014. According to the justice of this country, it was used previously to work with companies in Panama, Argentina and the United States.

The second account – IBAN AD28 0006 0008 2212 0043 0385 – was in the name of Juan Cruz Campos Carles and Carlos Alberto Fagioli. The funds were transferred and transferred to three BPA bank accounts of companies related to the Jonestur group. A total of 19 transfers were identified for an amount of $ 2,405,689.

At the end of 2018, Andorra I had already sent information about the banking done by Todisco. This was in response to an exhortation sent by the federal judge of Mar de Plata. The data also feeds the cause of the notebooks.