This afternoon, the Public Prosecutor’s Office requested sentences of between 7 and 11 and a half years in prison for the four pharmacists convicted of the Ipross scam. The plaintiff, for his part, requested 12 years for the four responsible parties.
Ipross fraud: what were the sentences requested for each of the convicted
In the last hearing of the trial caesuraChief Prosecutor Teresa Giuffrida demanded that maximum for the former auditor of the College of Pharmacists of Río Negro, Sandra Fasano, in addition to a six-year disqualification from practicing her profession and a fine of 90,000 pesos.
While, A sentence of 10 years in prison was requested for Fabio Caffarattithe pharmacist convicted of the largest number of crimes (249) committed against the social work of the Rio Negro State.
Third, the prosecution requested that Rodolfo Mastandrea comply with a sentence of 8 years and six months in prison. And finally, for Raúl Mascaró demanded 7 years in prison.
For the Three pharmacy owners from Roca asked for the same six-year disqualification and the same amount of fine demanded for Fasano.
Ipross scam: the arguments of prosecutor Teresa Giuffrida
Giuffrida’s plea was the first that was heard this afternoon in the provincial courts of Roca, later counting on the support of the State Prosecutor’s Office regarding the arguments. Where the complaining party differed was in the request for penaltiessince he demanded 12 years in prison for the four pharmacists.
The prosecutor explained at the beginning of her presentation that, despite the fact that these are crimes in real competitionwhich could lead to the maximum sentence of 50 years in prison provided for in the Penal Code, The scale defined for this case would be between 2 and 12 years in prison.
After that, he listed a single mitigating factor – that the convicted have no criminal record – and a long list of aggravating factors, to take the request to the maximum of the established range.
Among these arguments, Giuffrida said that “each event had a different modality and that reveals that it was a prepared action.”
“This was studied. It was not something improvised. It required organization,” emphasized the head of the team that investigated the case.
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