Filip WalcerzPolish actor and composer, broke the silence and told of his participation in the alleged Ponzi scheme that affected 20,000 residents of San Pedro. After his return to Europe from Argentinais in the center of a media and judicial storm.
Your presence at an event linked to RainbowEx He put him under the magnifying glass of the Argentine federal justice system and his face appeared in all the media. As stated, He was hired along with his compatriot Maurycy Lyczko to act as fictitious company executives Knight Consortiumwhich promoted the platform investigated for fraud.
After receiving threats and insults on social networks, Walcerz decided to restrict access to his Instagram account. From his home in Europe, the actor shared his version of events in an interview, where expressed his surprise and bewilderment at the situation: “None of us hide and we have nothing to hide. I am devastated by all of this. I never thought I would end up involved in a scandal of this magnitude.“he stated.
Filip Walcerz’s role at the Knight Consortium gala
The event took place last September 21 at the Hotel Emperador in Buenos Aireswhere both Walcerz and Lyczko were hired to play two senior Knight Consortium executives. The objective of the event was attract investors to the RainbowEX platformwhich promised impossible financial returns and is now blocked in the country, by order of the federal prosecutor Matias Di Lello.
The National Securities Commission does not have an official record of the firm, that was the fact that raised alarms about its legality, together with the public complaints of many users who invested.
“I do not represent Knight Consortium, nor do I have any interests in that company. I am not a businessman or cryptocurrency handler. I am an actor who was hired to host a gala in Buenos Aires,” Walcerz clarified.
According to his testimony, His participation consisted of presenting the event, giving a speech and giving prizes to the supposed winners.. “The script was sent to us a day before and he informed us that our names would be Jeremy Jones and Timothy Murphy. They told us that everything was normal, that in Asia it was common to hire actors to represent companies at these types of events,” he said.
Walcerz assures that neither he nor his colleague Lyczko knew about activities linked to fraud that were being carried out, for which he maintained: “All the information I provided in my speech was available on the Internet, and I was assured that it was true. However, after the scandal broke, both actors realized that had been used by a Ponzi scheme to maintain the scams and give them credibility.
“We realized that we were deceived by the agency that hired us. They used us as a tool to deceive others. “Since then, we are in contact with the Polish embassy in Argentina and we are willing to cooperate fully with the investigation,” declared the actor.
In addition, Walcerz said that he deleted the threatening messages from his social networks after instructions from the agency that had hired them. “After everything blew up, They told us to delete our networks and we wouldn’t do anything else,” he said, and then concluded: “I never wanted to be part of something like this.”.
The progress of research in Argentina
While Walcerz and Lyczko try to distance themselves from the events, justice advances the case. Prosecutor Di Lello advances about the promotion of possible illegal financial intermediation, while in San Nicolás, prosecutor María Viviani received complaints from at least four more victims who accuse RainbowEX of fraud.
On the other hand, the financial Over Cashlinked to the scheme, was raided by the Federal Police. As a result, the main suspects, Luis Pardo and Lucas Liberattiwere charged.
Luis Pardo, 33, became a central figure within the scheme when he was one of the main promoters of investments. At public events, such as a gala held at the Hotel Emperador in Buenos Aires, he received fictitious awards given precisely by the Polish actors hired, simulating international support for the company.
For his part, Lucas Liberatti is linked to the financial company Over Cash, located in the center of San Pedro, which was raided last week. According to indications, it functioned as an operational base for RainbowEX’s activities, allowing investors to withdraw or deposit their funds.
In fact, documents from the Official Gazette indicate that Liberatti appears as an important part of the board of directors of this entity, along with a group of women residing in the City of Buenos Aires.
Source: Ambito
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