Hope Funds: “The prosecution is a story and I don’t see how the prosecutor will support it with evidence”, says defense

En el entorno de Enrique Blaksley Señorans esperan que su defensa consiga probar, a lo largo del juicio que comenzó hoy, que, en todo caso, fue un empresario financiero cuyo negocio terminó bad, pero que no cometió una estafa y, mucho menos, lavado silver.

“The charge is a story, and we don’t see how the prosecutor will support it with evidence,” they said to THE NATION close to the defense of the accused. They claim he paid 82% of those who entrusted him with investment money, and that the 318 plaintiffs are those who did not return the capital and interest promised when the last of their big companies (the real estate mega-company Verazul, from Pilar) was wrecked for causes other than Hope Funds, and when, victim of a “media battle”, entered a slope that led to bankruptcy.

Those close to Blaksley contend that AFIP has put him in its sights because of the large amounts of money it has managed and its high public exposure, and that the opening of a criminal case to elucidate the origin of these funds generated a rush among investors. . “He was a very successful man, he competed with the banks and they ‘killed’ him. And when they “kill” you, you do tricks. He’s a guy who did it wrong. Does that justify putting him in prison for three years? “ arguing in the environment of the former president of Hope Funds. They feel that the purpose of the prosecution to promote the criminal case hid the real purpose of appearing more money than the one seized to collect it.

“When they talk about the purchases of goods in the United States and Panama, and they say it is money laundering, it’s crazy: everything was bought in their name”, they questioned the inner circle of the accused. They argue that money laundering conceals the illicit origin of the money, and in this case it has been recorded.

“He had no leading men; purchases and sales were made within the corporate network, including on its behalf; the money was “white” and was declared in the country “. And they challenged: “It did the same thing as a bank that took money from savers. If it’s a Ponzi scheme, so are the banks. “

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