The directors of the acquaintance Grido ice cream chain They will go to the oral trial for the crime of Illicit Fiscal Association of that the Federal Chamber of Criminal Cassation annuls the dismissal of Oscar Lucas Santiago (father), Lucas Santiago and Sebastián Oscar Santiago, who command the popular ice cream chain. This judicial setback puts at risk the profits of the ice cream chain with branches throughout the country and international positioning.
This failed rejected the resolution that the Federal Oral Court had made in August No. 2 (TOF 2) of Córdoba, which had arranged the dismissal of the defendants based on the application of the BLANCH LAW 27,743 and Regulatory Decree 608/2024.
Now, the defendants must face a trial for the maneuvers detected between the end of 2007 and the beginning of 2012, the year in which the cause began. After an investigation that resulted in several raids in five provinces of Argentina, the Customs Collection and Control Agency (EX AFIP) obtained several documents that would prove the existence of a Illicit association that evaded millions of pesos.
Illicit Association Judgment: This is the cause facing Grido
Justice accuses the directors of Helacor, the company behind the brand Gridoof evasion of national taxes in the management of the chain with branches throughout the country. In turn, they detected the production, distribution and commercialization of the products and inputs they also used.
Based on Law 27,743 and Regulatory Decree 608/2024 promoted by the Government of Javier Milei, the defense lawyers requested the retroactive application of the same and the extinction of the tax action for common tax crimes. In his argument, the prosecutor argued that this law does not include the benefit to those who commit the crime of fiscal illegal association.
However, the attorney general of Tof 2, Carlos Gonella and the AFIP lawyer, Elisa Diez, rejected the defense application.
After the resource presented by Gonella against Cassation against the dismissal of the defendants, the Chamber took place and revoked it. He also said that the payment they had made during the government of Alberto Fernández, which represented the sum of USD 2,000,000, an estimate of the sales they omitted, was not the total coverage. They had been able to protect himself under Law 26,680, of regularization of debts with the State.
Millionaire debt for omitted sales
Founded in 2000, and with more than 1000 branches around the country, it had been accused by AFIP with a 50% black sales percentage and a turnover of $ 150 million a year.
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The Santiago must face the oral trial they managed to avoid in 2024 because days before the hearing, their dismissal had been confirmed. The cause will return the Tof 2 of the province of Córdoba for the realization of the oral trial. The future of the franchise will depend, in part, on the decision of justice.
Source: Ambito
