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Argentina – Cristóbal López areštuotas dėl mokesčių vengimo

Cristóbal López has turned himself in to the authorities. The businessman, who had close ties to former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, is being investigated for tax evasion between 2013 and 2015. The resolution, signed by Judge Julián Ercolini, also extended to Lopez’s business partner Fabián de Souza who has already been arrested.

The investigation was first initiated on March 16, 2016 and was filed by Deputy Elisa Carrió who accused the previous head of Argentine tax office (AFIP) of illegally permitting Oil Combustibles SA not to pay in time and in a proper manner fuel tax which was in turn used to capitalise other companies belonging to Lopez namely the Indalo Group. The Indalo Group is a holding company controlled by Cristobal López, with assets in gasoline distribution, media, the food industry, infrastructure and gaming.

In addition, the complaint held that part of the money had been collected “fraudulently to meet the returns of former presidents Néstor and Cristina Kirchner, their companies and societies.” The Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrich confirmed his arrest via her twitter account.

López – a self made businessman – first began running gaming establishments in the southern province of Chubut in 1992 and then quickly expanded his gaming operations into the provinces of Misiones, La Pampa, Mendoza and then later Santa Cruz.

2016 m. liepos mėn. buvo paskelbta, kad Lópezas perleido įmones, susijusias su jo lošimų verslu, savo senam verslo partneriui Ricardo Benedicto. Tai apėmė jam priklausančios „Inverclub“ – bendrovės, valdančios kazino Puerto Madero, Rosario ir Neuquén mieste – dalį bei „Casino Club“, kuri valdo lošimo automatus Buenos Airių lenktynių trasoje, taip pat kai kuriuose kituose Argentinos miestuose, dalį.