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Argentina's Macri removes prosecutor in postal service fraud case involving his family
Topic Started: Apr 13 2018, 08:07 AM (113 Views)
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Thu Apr 12, 2018, 07:05 PM

Argentine President Mauricio Macri ordered the removal of Juan Pedro Zoni, the federal prosecutor investigating allegations of large-scale fraud committed by his family conglomerate, SOCMA, against the nation's postal service.
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This thread is the continuation of this other. Besides:

Key Macri ally, denounced for holding political prisoners, embroiled in bid rigging scandal
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Gerardo Morales, the governor of Argentina's remote Jujuy Province and a close ally of President Mauricio Macri, has come under fire over a bid-rigging scandal involving the provincial tourism ministry.

E-mails revealed yesterday by the progressive news site El Destape detail a scheme by which the Minister of Tourism and Culture of Jujuy, Federico Posadas, diverted close to 5 million pesos ($245,000) to a political communication consultancy firm through rigged bids and in some cases phantom contracts.
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Governor Gerardo Morales: Not a fan of e-mails.

Argentine finance minister profited from dollar futures trading amid recent devaluation
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Documents provided by Argentina's National Securities Commission (CNV) show that Finance Minister Luis Caputo profited by at least $700,000 during the recent fall in the value of the peso, which has tumbled from 17.50 to 25 per dollar since December.

The gains were made through three dollar futures transactions through Caputo's investment fund, Axis.
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Argentine Finance Minister Luis Caputo: "If I'm guilty I'll eat this phone and throw myself through the window."

Court Indicts and Orders Pre-Trial Arrest of Embattled Cambiemos Deputy
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To order her detainment, the judge needs the Lower House to strip her of her parliamentary immunity, something that has not happened yet.
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The minister who owes the country has a mansion declared “uncultivated”
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Protest in front of the “baldío” of Nicolás Dujovne
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Argentine ruling party ensnared in illicit campaign finance probe
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A formal investigation was launched today in Argentina following revelations that President Mauricio Macri's "Let's Change" alliance used the names of hundreds of low-income residents to launder campaign contributions to congressional candidates in last year's mid-term elections.

The probe, headed by Federal Judge Sebastián Casanello and Federal Prosecutor Carlos Stornelli, was ordered pursuant to evidence uncovered by investigative journalist Juan Amorín of the progressive daily El Destape of at least 205 cases of public aid recipients fraudulently listed as "contributors" in campaign finance disclosures filed by the ruling right-wing alliance.

Their stated contributions averaged 1,500 pesos ($87 at the time), and totaled at least 300,000 pesos ($17,000). Most were listed as coming from residents of Villa Itatí, a shantytown 6 mi southeast of Buenos Aires.
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An exultant Macri cavorts under a display thanking supporters for his unexpected win in last year's congressional mid-terms.

His Villa Itatí "contributors" demand an apology instead.
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