José Milton Peralta, Judicial Judge No. 7, ordered the promotion of eight defendants to trial in the framework of the case arising from the Lovi SA mega-fraud case, commercially known as “Ferreteria Zarate”. The case will be heard in the 10th Criminal Court.
It’s worth remembering that Francisco Daniel Scudieri, Laura Cecilia DePaul, Ana Maria Scudieri, Fernando Jose Mole, Mario Enrique Garcia they already were condemned In March 2023, in the first abbreviated trial for crimes such as: Illegal associations, repeated fraud, procedural irregularities, and ideological falsehoods.
The request from complex crimes prosecutor Enrique Gavier dates back to May of this year. After this judgment, in this second stage two defendants – E.Rica Romina Aguilera and Juan Alexis Michan– They requested summary judgment. Situations are processed in parallel.
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Who was put on trial and why?
Chapter 2 of the main file investigates the participation of eight professionals and businessmen who would have cooperated with the main family group (Scudieri/DePaul) in carrying out the illegal operation.
They are: lawyers Fabian Gabriel Barbera, Dante Vega, Matias Augusto Cavallo;accountant Marcelo Fabian Alessandrini and Federico Scibli;businessman Leonardo Felipe Diaz O’Kelly;merchant lucas martin russo; and the clerk Daniel Eduardo Ahumada.
Their legal entitlements are: ILLEGAL ASSOCIATION AND PROCEDURAL FRAUDin accordance with the participation that should have taken part in the establishment of the joint stock company. lovi (Ferretería Zárate) filed for preventive bankruptcy in the early 2000s due to alleged fraud and damages to creditors.
Specifically, accountants false financial statements Misleading the bankruptcy court. As the complaint states, while this was happening; Unauthorized negotiations with major creditorsLike merchant Lucas Martín Russo (president of Pretensados Córdoba SRL) and businessman Leonardo Felipe Díaz O Kelly, president of Ceramica Canuelas.
Over the objections of Mr. Ahmada’s defenders, the Control Court intervened. Peralta rejected the allegations and confirmed the case’s elevation to trial.