The first repentant of the Balcedo affair revealed that the unionist had an apartment in Puerto Madero

The justice receives the testimony of the first repentant in the case in which the trade unionist Marcelo Balcedo is the subject of an investigation. This is the SOEME accountant, Julio Pecollo, who revealed that the unionist has more badets than those declared in Argentina.

Pecollo was arrested as part of an investigation into an illicit badociation. He regained his freedom after entering into an agreement as an "imputed collaborator" so now he has entered the witness protection system.

The guild counter information provided about Marcelo Balcedo has other badets in Argentina. Pecollo told federal judge Ernesto Kreplak – who had checked what was being said – the trade unionist and his wife, Paola Fiege, also arrested, bought a 400 square meters apartment in Puerto Madero for $ 3,300,000 and a 30-square-meter office in the same area, for which he paid $ 144,000.

Pecolllo recalled about the department's purchase: "That day, they called me to take a union printer because they could not print (documents). J & # 39; so I had a copy of the Word file of the sales ticket. " Balcedo acquired in March 2015 the department located at Julieta Lanteri 1241, 19th floor, and lived there until December 2017, according to the accountant. every time he came to Argentina.

The apartment is located in Torre El Faro II, has a surface total of 426 meters covered, two garages covered and storage. The luxury lies in the wide panoramic view of the Río de la Plata, the intimacy of an apartment per apartment and three large bedrooms, one with dressing room reinforced door and safe.

In addition, it has a large living room and a kitchen with a double dining room that allows to see the sunrise from one side and the sunset from the other . The floors are American oak and Emperador brown marble. There is also a heated pool, another open playroom, party room for 120 people, tennis court, gym and locker rooms.

The accountant recalled that he had special power write the property because the wife of the Secretary General of the SOEME was not going to be in the country at that time. "The act was done on behalf of the company CREDITU S.A., which belongs to the wife of the secretary general," he explained about this purchase of $ 144,000.

In his statement, Pecollo provided the copy of the department's act and gave directions for that the judge can corroborate the information. This is the reason why the SOEME accountant who was arrested has recovered his freedom and is now part of the system of protection of witnesses and alleged collaborators that comes under the Ministry of Justice.

For the purchase of the department had agreed with the seller the payment in 45 fixed monthly installments of 70 thousand dollars. Balcedo still owes him money. The unionist has an extradition request ordered by Judge Kreplak, who accuses him of money laundering and unlawful badociation because of fraud against members of the union. trade union SOEME which he owned. He is also investigating his wife, Paola Fiege; both are under house arrest in Uruguay as they are also facing money laundering charges in this country.

According to the survey, the union embezzled funds for around 510 million pesos out of a total of 700 that SOEME collected from its members between 2012 and 2017. The magistrate is investigating presumptions illegal transfers from the union's money to the union's personal expenses, such as their badignment to their media in La Plata.