The Economic Crimes Prosecutor’s Office is advancing the investigation into fraud against the Argentine fintech, which has more than 350 complaints in Uruguay.
The Economic Crimes Prosecutor’s Office raided the offices in Uruguay of the fintech Argentina Winance in search of documents that allow an account of the company’s financial maneuvers after the more than 350 complaints filed against it.
The Prosecutor’s Office operation in charge of Gilberto Rodriguez It took place on Thursday and took place at two homes associated with the fintech, one of them, an accounting study from which most of the computer documentation was obtained – which was not much either – which will be analyzed in the coming days. In this first measure implemented Within the framework of the case in the country, the idea was to search a greater number of homes, but it could not be done as there was no one in them.
From the Economic Crimes Prosecutor’s Office, for their part, they assure that the financial investigation It is complicated in that it involves complex corporate structures. Although, for the moment, as reported by El Observador, Rodríguez’s team only had contact with the victims – who in Uruguay They amount to 600—, from which they obtained data to advance the investigations; They have not yet started conversations with those accused.
The raid had the objective of immobilizing the largest amount of the company’s assets, and the fact that it was carried out quickly is a sign that the Prosecutor’s Office does not expect an agreement with Wenance.
Refusal to bankruptcy
The Economic Crimes Prosecutor’s Office does not expect to reach an agreement with Wenance, but the fintech Nor will he be able to access the bankruptcy proceedings that he entered to pay the million-dollar debts that his clients claim from him. The Civil and Commercial Court No. 9 of San Isidro (Argentina) rejected the request after the judge Gabriela Paladin declared himself “incompetent” to decide on the request for a meeting that the CEO of the firm had presented, Alexander Muszak.
According to the judge, the rejection was due to the fact that the court is not competent to admit the request, since the real address of the company would be in the Buenos aires city and not in the Buenos Aires town of Vicente Lopezas the company indicated in its presentation.
Furthermore, although it recognized that the company is not a bank, given its nature as a non-financial credit provider, the regulation that applies to it is that of the Financial Entities Law and not that of a commercial company, a jurisdiction that falls to the federal Justice system to resolve.
Wenance assured that he will appeal the ruling, since “the only thing this achieves is to delay the process.” “What the company is most interested in is moving forward with the bankruptcy to be able to put things in order. The company’s focus is to accelerate the times to be able to pay creditors,” sources from the company said. fintech to Telam.
Source: Ambito
