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The The Financial Superintendency of Colombia ordered the company CI Comercializadora y Exportadora BCM (CI Export BCM) to immediately suspend illegal deposit activities. and unauthorized collection of money from the public.
The measure was adopted through Resolution Number 0823 of April 23, 2024, in which It also orders said company to immediately return the resources obtained illegally.
The Superfinanciera established that the company CI Export BCM assumed obligations with at least 337 people for $10,064 million, without foreseeing in exchange the delivery of a good or the provision of a service.
This amount includes the promise of recognize fixed returns of up to 25% on the value delivered in a period of 25 business days.
“In effect, it was determined that the Payments made by the company to the people who provided their resources do not have a reasonable financial justification.since for 2021 the business generated losses and for 2022 and 2023 the income was not sufficient to pay the fixed returns that it offered, capitalized and paid,” reads the statement from the Superfinanciera.
These operations were carried out through a business line developed mainly in the municipalities of Turbo and Apartadó in Urabá Antioquia, which had as its principle the linking of “associated” and/or “hidden partner” third parties through a so-called “participation account contract”, the purpose of which was to receive resources from the subscribers to make them participate in the economic benefits generated by the company based on banana marketing.
The The superintendency sent a copy of the resolution to the Superintendency of Companies in order for it to adopt the measures within its jurisdiction, as well as to the Prosecutor’s Office. General of the Nation, along with the investigation file, in order to advance criminal investigations.
According to Resolution Number 0823 of April 23, 2024, CI Export BCM is a commercial company established by private document dated June 3, 2021, and at that time Paola Borja Correa was appointed as main legal representative. At the end of last year, in an extraordinary shareholders meeting, Mariana Vanessa Araos Borja was appointed as representatives.
Although the official investigation reports 337 people affected, the Advanced investigations indicate that in September 2023 the obligations totaled $194,843 million corresponding to at least 7,081 people, which allows us to infer that the magnitude of the collection of resources to support this operation may involve more third parties and amounts.
In one of the joint account contracts, it is stated that the purpose was the marketing and sale of Harton Premium bananas to several supermarket chains, among them Supertiendas Olímpica, it responded that CI Comercializadora y Exportadora BCM is not registered as a supplier or client, nor are its legal representatives.
“Accordingly, our accounting records do not include operations carried out with CI Comercializadora y Exportadora BCM, identified with Nit 901.493.409-1 and it is not created in our customer or creditor databases,” said that organization.
