Last week the complaint against dLocal by the Argentine prosecutor Guillermo Marijuan and, finally, the judge in charge of the case, Maria Eugenia Capuchettiinstructed prosecutor Ramiro González to continue with the investigation for alleged money laundering movements.
The investigation into the first unicorn in Uruguay will be carried out by the prosecutor who won the draw for the case, Ramiro González. The cause lies in the Federal Criminal and Correctional Court No. 5 Judge María Eugenia Capuchetti who instructed González to carry out the investigation, reported Infobae.
The complaint against dLocal was carried out by the Argentine prosecutor Guillermo Marijuan, which accuses the company of leaking currency. Although the cause remains protected under summary secrecy, the estimates revolve around 400 million dollars that would have escaped abroadTherefore, the crime would fall into the category of “fraud” or “scam”.
Initially, there was talk that Argentina would request information from the United States Treasury already Homeland Security Investigations for the whereabouts of the money in question which, according to the suspicions of the neighboring country, had been transferred to other countries through maneuvers not reflected in the company’s accountingin order to take advantage of the exchange gap and avoid the obligation to liquidate foreign currency from the export of services.
With the confirmation of the Argentine Minister of Economy, Sergio Massa, that the country will litigate against dLocal in the United States, it was learned that the triangulations are carried out towards Uruguay and towards the state of Florida, in the North American country. For this reason, the official asked the attorney general edward casal that, through a legal study of NY, file a complaint with the SEC, as well as with the North American financial information unit (FINSEN).
As soon as the news of the possible complaint broke, one of the founders of dLocal, Sergio Fogel, denied the accusations for fraud to which, once again, the technology company was being subjected.
According to the businessman and well-known investor, The firm operates “with total normality” and he always gave the correct data in his accounting reports. “I don’t know where they get those numbers from,” he said last Friday, referring to the 400 million dollars that he allegedly fled from Argentina.
Likewise, dLocal issued an official statement in which it described the journalistic information as “inaccurate and misleading”while —at least until Wednesday— he had not received any “open case” from the Argentine Justice.
Source: Ambito
