Alejandro Muszak, CEO of the fintech Wenance, accused of defrauding savers in a Ponzi scheme as the head of an illicit association, will continue to be locked up in a cell at Vicente López’s Sub DDI after his arrest on Tuesday night until Justice defines his preventive detention. The judge in the case, Andrea Mentasti, determined that He may not be released under any bail, real or sworn.
That is to say, there is no money or word that can save hima different fate than that of Enrique Blaksleyhead of Hope Funds, sentenced to eight years in prison for one of the largest Ponzi scams in Argentine history, who returned home after a long stay in the Ezieza prison after paying a bail of 380 million in properties and vehicles.
He prosecutor Alejandro Guevara of the UFI of Vicente López, who ordered his arrest, continues the investigation against him. At least three prosecutors and judges were investigating Muszak in Argentina. Judge Paula González had prosecuted him months ago, with a file from prosecutor Mónica Cuñarro. The apartment he occupied in Palermo was raided by the Federal Police following an order from the Tierra del Fuego Justice Department. Muszak is also being investigated in Uruguay. Wenance had 101 complaints in the investigative jurisdiction, the executive faced an embargo of 400 million in the Buenos Aires commercial justice for an unpaid loan from a Dutch firm. But it was Guevara who gave him the proverbial bell to the cat.
Its cause – which concentrates 23 complaints and 27 victims until now, with a damage of 1.5 million dollars and 5 million pesos – it began as causes of this type usually begin. First, in the commercial jurisdiction of San Isidro, where Muszak’s preventive competition was required. The judge who intervened decided not to open the contest, before a suspicion of criminality. Guevara enters history at this moment.
The stories began to be repeated, with victims claiming to have delivered money to the offices of Vicente López, on Del Libertador Avenue. Muszak made the mistake of returning there when he was arrested on Thursday. They had already marked the black Mercedes Benz he was driving with, which owes almost half a million pesos in fines. The office building has a garage. Muszak was careful not to leave him there. He parked it on a blocked street next to the Miter train tracks. There Vicente López’s Deputy DDI surprised him to handcuff him.
Muszak was carrying his Mac computer and iPhone phone, which were seized. Appraising them will be a problem. Opening Apple products is often a headache for forensic analysts, as in the case of Natacha Jaitt’s iPad. Wenance’s CEO didn’t make it easy either. He refused to give him the unlock patterns to the researchers.
There is four other detainees in addition to Muszak in the Guevara file. The prosecutor investigates a network of companies that took or leaked the money, including Be Capital Inversora. Two of those arrested They claimed to be employees of Be Capital, but that they were only following orders.
Rodolfo Cleto García, a lawyer, 69 years old, was arrested in the context of the case, as part of the illicit association. He refused to testify. It is precisely, the president of Be Capitala firm that today faces a bankruptcy request in the Commercial Court No. 3 of CABA.
García’s name was included in several escraches against Muszak. He offered, according to court documents, mutual contracts with annual returns of 14 percent. Several victims of Guevara’s case claimed to have signed these mutual agreements at the Wenance offices. The signatory, in several of these cases, It would have been Garcia.
Today, the lawyer faces nearly 40 lawsuits for executive collection in the Buenos Aires commercial jurisdictionor, for signatures ranging from 10 thousand to 70 thousand dollars. The victims made strong demands: they asked that all of García’s assets be inhibited, whether cars or real estate, or his bank accounts.
Meanwhile, investigators in Justice speak of a close link with Muszak, as if García were some kind of godfather in the business.
