Argentine millionaire accused of hiding Maduro's fortune

The affairs of an Argentinian millionaire of Israeli origin have become the main track of the Justice and Treasury Ministries of the United States in search of the secret fortune of Nicolás Maduro, according to information provided by the newspaper Colombian El Tiempo.

The US government recently announced new sanctions against businessmen and members of the Chavez regime, who would be responsible for Venezuela's $ 1.2 billion withdrawal.

In this context, according to El Tiempo, Diego Adolfo Marynberg, aged 44, arrived in Venezuela in 2006 to invest in the country already in crisis at that time and ruled by the late Hugo Chávez.

These companies have been beneficial to Chavist leaders and to Marynberg, who has come to buy many properties in the United States.. One of them is an expensive apartment in New York that sold later for $ 30 million.

The Argentinean businessman and his wife, Elena Spolsk, have made millions of dollars in donations to foundations in Israel, many of which are related to the creation of settlements. These movements are under the prism of the Israeli authorities for 15 yearsreported Haaretz newspaper.

But Marynberg's profits did not come only from Venezuela; She also did business in Argentina during the term of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, according to La Voz.

Apparently, the $ 1 million profits generated by the opaque companies of the Venezuelan regime came in the form of bonds issued by the Venezuelan government, then sold and entrusted to a bank of Curacao. The company in charge of these sales was Mercantil Valores Agent of Valores S.A. whose owner is Marynberg, indicates El Tiempo.

The entrepreneur is also linked to GEO Oportunitys Equity Ltda, which Marynberg managed to gain profits during Chavez's presidency, Mercantil Servicios Financieros CA, the second largest bank in Venezuela.

Adar Capital Partners is the other component of the Marynberg Empire, an investment fund based in Buenos Aires, New York and Tel Aviv.

Peruvian journalist Jaime Baily said that he had Fraudulent transaction information conducted by Marynberg to help Maduro withdraw about $ 800 million between 2014 and 2015 through sterling purchases.

The expectation now lies in the details of the sanctions announced by the United States and the businessmen that will be mentioned.

During the second term of the former President Fernández de Kirchner, between 2011 and 2015, the links of his then Minister of the Economy, Axel Kicillof, with Marynberg were examined, recalled La Voz. After the confession of the former head Claudio Uberti, who in the so-called "cause of the notebooks" broadcast a transaction between Néstor Kirchner and Venezuela that reportedly reported illegal profits of nearly 50 million dollars, El Tiempo ensures that It is known that the Marynberg, who would be Kicillof's personal friend, would not have been an exception to the rule.

The deal was that Venezuela buys Argentine bonds at a rate of nearly 16% in dollars, well above what had been lent by the market at that time. As a result, Argentina has disbursed exorbitant amounts through legal funding.

Venezuela did not keep the bonds, but liquidated them in the international markets a few days after acquiring them. Then, with the dollars that Chávez and his friends got, they sold them on the Venezuelan parallel market, where, thanks to the exchange restrictions, the price paid was exorbitant.

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