Tag: Julio de Vido

• Wednesday, November 13th 2024 - 18:03 UTC

  6-year prison sentence against CFK upheld

  

  A federal court of appeals in the City of Buenos Aires Wednesday unanimously upheld the six-year prison sentence on former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK), who had been found guilty in December, 2022, of fraudulent administration in the so-called Vialidad Nacional case. She was also disenfranchised for life from public office. The scandal involved numerous public works in the province of Santa Cruz awarded to businessman Lázaro Báez in fudgy dealings.

• Thursday, September 28th 2023 - 08:59 UTC

  Argentina: Former minister and tax bureau chief both acquitted in money smuggling case

  

  A court in Buenos Aires Wednesday acquitted former Planning Minister Julio De Vido and AFIP tax bureau Chief Ricardo Echegaray for the 2007 attempted smuggling of a suitcase containing nearly US$ 800,000 which was being brought into the country by Guido Antonini Wilson, who was believed to be an envoy of then-Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez.

• Friday, September 20th 2019 - 22:27 UTC

  Judge wants former Argentine president arrested yet again

  

  Buenos Aires Federal Judge Claudio Bonadio has again asked the Upper House to strip Senator Cristina Fernández de Kirchner off her parliamentary immunity so that she can be placed under pretrial detention for her alleged involvement as gang leader in the so-called “notebooks corruption scandal.”

• Tuesday, August 27th 2019 - 08:30 UTC

  Argentine court rejects request to throw out a corruption case against ex president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner

  

  An Argentine court rejected on Monday a request from lawyers to throw out a corruption case against former president and current vice-presidential candidate Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.

• Friday, May 17th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez's first corruption trial confirmed for next Tuesday

  

  Argentina's Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that ex-president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's corruption trial can go ahead; after protesters demonstrated against rumours the case might be delayed. Trial is set to begin on Tuesday over accusations that CFK favoured businessman Lazaro Baez in the attribution of 52 public works contracts worth 46 billion pesos (US$1.2 billion) during her 2007-15 presidency.

• Wednesday, February 13th 2019 - 09:03 UTC

  Ex president Cristina Fernandez will stand on trial on 26 February

  

  Former Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will stand trial for the first time on February 26, after a court rejected her bid to postpone proceedings over alleged embezzlement against her and other former government officials.

• Saturday, December 22nd 2018 - 06:35 UTC

  Eurnekian's home and business offices raided by the Argentine federal police

  

  Argentine federal police raided this week three addresses belonging to businessman Eduardo Eurnekian as part of an ongoing major investigation into public works contracts awards in exchange for money contributions.

• Thursday, October 11th 2018 - 08:17 UTC

  Ex Kirchner minister sentenced to prison for responsibility in Argentina's deadliest train accident

  

  A court convicted a former Argentine federal planning minister Wednesday of contributing to a deadly 2012 train crash by failing to oversee the operations of commuter railways.

• Friday, September 28th 2018 - 20:06 UTC

  “Corruption in Argentina surpasses fiction”, and neighboring Uruguay is the “perfect Swiss laundry” for funds

  

  The book topping Argentina's bestseller list is not a thriller or a murder mystery. It’s a crime story of another sort: a blockbuster about political corruption that suggests that bribery is an integral part of the country’s body politic. And neighboring Uruguay is also described as the perfect Swiss laundry for most of the money swindled from Argentina.

• Tuesday, September 18th 2018 - 08:24 UTC

  Judge indicts ex president Cristina Fernandez and asks for her arrest

  

  An Argentine federal judge indicted former President Cristina Fernandez on Monday and asked for her arrest for allegedly heading a corruption scheme that collected bribes from business leaders in exchange for public work contracts.