Tag: Ciccone Case

• Wednesday, December 12th 2018 - 08:42 UTC

  Former Argentine VP Boudou released from prison on bail, must wear anklet

  

  The release of former Argentine Vicepresident Amado Boudou was ordered Tuesday by a three-member court on condition that he posts bail in the amount of one million pesos (around US$ 26,500) and wears a GPS tracking device around his ankle.

• Wednesday, August 8th 2018 - 06:02 UTC

  Argentine ex-vice president Boudou sentenced to five years and ten months in prison

  

  Argentina's former vice president, Amado Boudou, was sentenced to nearly six years in prison on Tuesday after being found guilty of corruption while serving under former president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. The charges related to Boudou's attempt to buy a company that printed currency through a front business while serving as Cristina Fernández economy minister.

• Monday, November 6th 2017 - 07:07 UTC

  Boudou, a history of ambition, good life, power and greed

  

  Ex Argentine vice-president under Cristina Fernandez, Amado Boudou, has joined other former ministers, deputy ministers, top officials and Kirchner family associates who are in jail awaiting for trial on multiple corruption charges. The joke in Buenos Aires is that any moment they will be holding a cabinet meeting once ex president Cristina Fernandez joins them.

• Friday, June 26th 2015 - 06:53 UTC

  Argentina's vice-president to stand trial on bribery and conflict of interests charges

  

  Argentina's vice-president Amado Boudou is expected to stand trial within the next two weeks, for his involvement in the transfer of the former Ciccone mint, the company that prints Argentina's peso bills. The decision by Federal Judge Ariel Lijo follows on the Federal Cassation Court confirming the indictment Boudou on charges of bribery and negotiations incompatible with public office (conflict of interests).

• Friday, February 20th 2015 - 04:04 UTC

  Argentine Justice confirms prosecution of Vice-president Boudou on bribery charges

  

  An Argentine Federal Chamber has confirmed the prosecution of Vice President Amado Boudou for “bribery and negotiations incompatible with the public administration” in the case investigating Cristina Fernandez second-in-command for his alleged involvement in the purchase of the ex printing company Ciccone Calcografica.

• Thursday, July 17th 2014 - 06:49 UTC

  Judge warns Argentine VP of impeachment if he does not turn up for questioning

  

  Argentine Vice-president and acting president while Cristina Fernandez is off to Brazil, and who was summoned this week for a hearing in a criminal probe for alleged irregularities in the purchase of a vehicle, was granted another seven days, but if he does not turn up Federal Judge Claudio Bonadio will ask Congress for his impeachment.

• Tuesday, July 8th 2014 - 08:43 UTC

  Indicted Boudou will replace Cristina Fernandez on Argentine Independence Day

  

  Controversial vice-president Amado Boudou will fill in for President Cristina Fernández and head Wednesday's Argentine Independence Day celebration in San Miguel de Tucumán. The deputy was entrusted with leading the ceremony following a meeting Monday afternoon at the presidential residence in Olivos, as Cristina continues her recovery from pharyngeal laryngitis.

• Tuesday, June 10th 2014 - 08:34 UTC

  Argentine VP challenges the court and demands to further testify on corruption charges

  

  The investigation hearing into Argentine Vice President Amado Boudou's alleged involvement in the Ciccone print-works case, came to a close for the day on Monday after the politician declared for over five hours. With strong security from the moment he arrived and left the court room, he was also profusely insulted by a crowd that had gathered outside.

• Saturday, May 31st 2014 - 07:28 UTC

  Argentine Vice president summoned in corruption case; opposition demand his resignation

  

  Argentina's Vice President Amado Boudou has been summoned for questioning as a potential defendant in a corruption case, a Buenos Aires court said on Friday. The allegations date from Boudou's 2009-2011 tenure as Economy minister.

• Tuesday, May 15th 2012 - 08:35 UTC

  Argentine Vice-president and business partners charged with embezzlement

  

  Argentine Vice President Amado Boudou, his girlfriend the journalist Agustina Kampfer, his personal friend and business partner José María Nuñez Carmona, and the Belgian citizen and businessman Alejandro Vandenbroele, were charged on Monday of embezzlement by Federal Prosecutor Jorge Di Lello.