He won the auction of three seized cars in Balcedo, but he had no money even for the down payment.

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The auction of the four luxury vehicles that belonged to trade unionist Marcelo Balcedo and which were seized in 2018 when police raided his farm in El Gran Chaparral in Uruguay, ended in scandal after one of the bidders who won the auction confessed that he did not have the money to pay them and who participated in the appeal on behalf of a buyer who also does not have the funds to acquire the vehicles.

According to what El Observador published, the man confessed that he represented a rancher in Colonia, but the daughter of the alleged buyer confirmed that her father also did not have the funds to purchase the vehicles.

From the Auctioneers Association, they called the police when they detected it could be a fraud, and the bidder and the alleged buyer’s daughter were transferred to Interpol to testify . In addition, a criminal complaint was filed and is being investigated by the Flagrancy prosecutor’s office.

“THEY WERE OVERVALUED, I DIDN’T OFFER”

According to El Observador, Balcedo’s wife Paola Marina Fiege was present at the scene and followed the auction with great attention. At first, it was believed that she had serious intentions of “recovering” one of the cars from the bulky fleet, although she herself explained to this medium why she was not doing it: “I saw how everything was done. was going to happen, “she recounted and noted that the vehicles were” overrated “and finished:” Maybe because they were ours. “