Tag: Ricardo Echegaray

• 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, 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, March 20th 2015 - 07:12 UTC

  Names of Argentines with HSBC offshore accounts in Switzerland to be made public

  

  Argentina will move forward with its investigation of the HSBC offshore accounts in Switzerland, and will make public the names of those Argentine citizens and organizations that held money overseas in the financial entity, allegedly with the purpose of eluding local taxes.

• Tuesday, March 10th 2015 - 03:21 UTC

  Argentina's top tax official attends HSBC hearings at UK Parliament

  

  Argentina wants HSBC Holdings Plc to repatriate 3.5 billion dollars the bank's Argentine branch moved offshore to help clients evade taxes and move capital abroad, the country's tax chief Ricardo Echegaray said on Monday during a hearing which took place at the House of Commons in London, where top executives of HSBC were present.

• Saturday, February 14th 2015 - 06:23 UTC

  Argentina's tax office demands HSBC Swiss branch repatriate of 3bn dollars in undeclared accounts

  

  HSBC’s Swiss branch must repatriate the 3 billion dollars deposited in the 4,040 undeclared accounts held by Argentine citizens and companies, Argentina's AFIP tax bureau chief Ricardo Echegaray announced.

• Thursday, February 12th 2015 - 05:34 UTC

  UK's Customs request information on Argentina's criminal case against HSBC

  

  Britain's HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) department has requested Argentina’s AFIP tax bureau information on the criminal report filed in Buenos Aires against HSBC on allegations the bank helped more than 4,000 clients to evade taxes by stashing their money in secret Swiss bank accounts.

• Thursday, January 8th 2015 - 01:08 UTC

  Authorities raid Buenos Aires HSBC accused of aiding tax evasion

  

  Authorities on Wednesday conducted a court-ordered search of the Argentine headquarters of London-based bank HSBC, which faces allegations of aiding tax evasion, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

• Friday, November 7th 2014 - 22:51 UTC

  Argentina targets yet another US company on alleged tax fraud

  

  US corporation firm General Electric has “over-invoiced” imports in a financial maneuver designed to access additional dollars in the official foreign exchange market, claimed Argentine Cabinet Chief Jorge Capitanich. GE thus becomes the second large US company in less than a week to face accusations of financial trickery in order to obtain economic benefits.

• Monday, November 3rd 2014 - 10:37 UTC

  Argentina strips Procter & Gamble of its registration for alleged fiscal fraud

  

  Argentina's tax office has stripped US multinational company Procter & Gamble of its registration for alleged fraud, the office announced on Sunday. The federal tax collection office, known as AFIP, has alleged that P&G evaded paying duties on imports from Brazil, billing through a Swiss subsidiary, in what it called potentially “aggravated contraband.”

• Thursday, October 23rd 2014 - 05:39 UTC

  Tax-office chief admits 'business links' between Cristina Fernandez and a controversial businessman

  

  Argentina's head of the tax office, Ricardo Echegaray admitted 'business links' between president Cristina Fernandez and businessman Lazaro Baez, who has been accused of money laundering and falsifying documents.