The mayor of La Matanza, Fernando Espinoza, is still being investigated for accusations of sexual abuse against him. However, this Monday, a complaint by the Executive was surprising that targets the woman complainant and accuses her of committing: “money laundering and illegal espionage.”
While the case with Espinoza advances, The Municipality of La Matanza denounced Melody Rakasukas, the woman who accused him of sexual abuse. According to the document presented by the municipality, the action arises from “the same evidence found after the complaint that Rakauskas did against the mayor.”
They explained that the hearing is based on evidence found on the woman’s computer in which there were “more than 18 thousand files from the mayor’s private office” and in the expenses that Rakauskas shows on his social networks from the moment he appeared before Justice until today.
“From the emails sent by the complainant and the presentations made by lawyers linked to people in party politics, it is evident that Mayor Fernando Espinoza has been the victim of a monumental illegal intelligence operation in order to harm himas well as the district of La Matanza and, consequently, the Justicialista Party in the last elections of 2021, since we cannot fail to indicate that Rakauskas’s surprise and digital ‘appearance’ occurred on the eve of the relevant elections.”they explain in the writing.
According to the criminal appeal filed, they claim that the woman entered the email box of the private secretariat of La Matanza to save a total of 18,668 emails “without authorization.” They also report that she saved 42 screenshots of the private agenda.
“This information comes from the Evidence Protection Actprepared by the Judicial Investigation Corps (CIJ) of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the CABA, dated July 5, 2021 in compliance with a measure of evidence ordered within the framework of the investigation that was initiated following a complaint by Ms. Rakauskas ”, specified the document.
Fernando Espinoza denounced the woman who accused him of sexual abuse: money laundering
Regarding the complaint for alleged money laundering, The Executive accused that the former private secretary led a “luxurious lifestyle” which contradicts his statement in the sexual abuse case, in which he claimed to have no income.
“’The little savings I had, I had to use to survive from 2021 to date,’ he said. However, between that year and the present, Rakauskas traveled to India, settled for three months in Miami and visited tourist places in Italy and, presumably, the Caribbean,” warned the municipality’s legal advisor.
He also highlighted: “No one who does not have enough money to eat, pay rent or even social work can lead a life of luxury.”, living almost three months in the United States, carrying two thousand dollars in a wallet or paying bills of up to six thousand dollars, as he slips in his own emails. Nevertheless, Of course, he would have undeclared incomeand/or that the trips are linked to spurious purposes, surely paid for and financed by the people behind the intelligence operation that we are denouncing.”
Rakauskas’ lawyer, Marcelo Urra, told TN that they have not yet been notified about the complaint and that they prefer not to speak about it until they have the details.
The appeal presented by La Matanza became known after the prosecutor investigating Espinoza in the sexual abuse case asked Chamber VII of the Crime Chamber to confirm processing and if so, will move on to the oral trial stage.
With information from TN
