Tag: Julio de Vido

Monday, August 13th 2018 - 10:09 UTC
Cristina Fernandez testifies on the “K notebooks” corruption scheme

Argentine ex president Cristina Fernandez has called on her followers not to accompany her when, this Monday, she gives testimony at the Court House before Judge Claudio Bonadío in relation to the so called “K notebooks”.
Monday, March 5th 2018 - 06:58 UTC
Cristina Fernandez and cronies must face trial on public works contracts

An Argentine judge on Friday said that ex-president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner must face trial over alleged corruption related to the awarding of public contracts in her southern political stronghold of Patagonia.
Wednesday, December 27th 2017 - 08:05 UTC
Argentine demanding US$ 1.2bn compensation from Cristina Fernandez and cronies

The Argentine government is demanding compensations of over 1.2 billion US dollars from ex president Cristina Fernandez, several of her ministers and staff, as well as businessmen benefitted by the Kirchner administrations, for damages caused by acts of corruption.
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.
Tuesday, October 31st 2017 - 07:50 UTC
Argentina's top prosecutor resigns, under pressure of corruption charges

Argentina’s top prosecutor quit on Monday under pressure from the government over accusations that she hampered corruption investigations into officials from the previous administration of President Cristina Fernandez.
Thursday, October 26th 2017 - 06:16 UTC
Key ex minister of Cristina Fernandez and Nestor Kirchner jailed on corruption charges

Julio De Vido, an ex-minister in former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez's government, was jailed after turning himself in to authorities on Wednesday, marking an anti-corruption milestone in a country known for impunity.
Thursday, October 19th 2017 - 07:47 UTC
Judges order arrest of a key official from Cristina Fernandez on alleged fraud

Three Argentine judges ordered that a key official in former President Cristina Fernandez's government be detained as part of a probe into an alleged case of fraud. The request to detain former planning minister and current lawmaker Julio De Vido comes five days before the country's parliamentary elections in which Fernandez is seeking a Senate seat.
Saturday, June 18th 2016 - 09:16 UTC
“K” money funneling scam finally emerging: from 'sweet solidarity' to a convent

Argentine public opinion still hasn't been able to overcome last week's events: a civil engineer who has been working for the Kirchner couple since 1991 and managed some 130bn dollars in public works in that time is locked in a psychiatric ward awaiting charges after he was discovered trying to hide almost 9 million dollars cash and jewels in a rather secretive convent.
Wednesday, June 15th 2016 - 05:26 UTC
An Argentine ex-Kirchnerite official caught red-handed trying to hide bags of cash in a monastery

An Argentine former secretary of Public Works with the Cristina Fernandez administration, Jose Lopez, and currently a member of the Mercosur parliament, was arrested on Tuesday in the Buenos Aires province locality of General Rodríguez while he was trying to hide bags full of money and an automatic gun in the garden of a convent.
Monday, April 11th 2016 - 06:46 UTC
Cristina Fernandez to be questioned in money laundering investigation; militants organizing support march

A Prosecutor decided on Saturday that former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner must be included in a money laundering investigation following the testimony given by whistleblower Leonardo Fariña before Judge Sebastian Casanello on Friday.