The federal court headed by Judge Alejandro Sánchez Freytes ordered the release on bail of Federico Máscolo, the businessman known for his involvement in an alleged case of corruption in public works in the province and money laundering.
The bail was set at 50 million pesos.
Máscolo was arrested last year, accused of illicit enrichment through works carried out in the province of Córdoba. These works include several schools.
At the time, the Federal Court seized high-end vehicles from him and detected properties both in Córdoba and abroad, specifically in Miami.
Despite his release on bail, Máscolo will continue to be accused of money laundering.
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Although there are eight other defendants in the case, until now Federico Máscolo was the only one who remained detained.
Mascolo has been detained since last December, following a series of raids on luxury homes in the Las Delicias, El Bosque and San Isidro neighbourhoods, among other properties.
According to the investigation, he would have obtained a disproportionate economic level (translated into almost two dozen homes in Córdoba, Puerto Madero, Miami and Punta del Este, in addition to a fleet of at least 14 high-end vehicles, including cars, trucks, motorcycles, boats and jet skis) as a result of the direct contracts with which he was benefited for years by both the provincial government of Córdoba and the Municipality of the city of San Francisco.
The Federal Justice of Córdoba continues to advance in the investigation of the Máscolo case, regarding an alleged money laundering operation linked to corruption in public works. Last week, prosecutor Enrique Senestrari met with the highest authorities of the Financial Information Unit (UIF) in Córdoba to discuss the case.
Prosecutor Enrique Senestrari suspects that the preceding crime would be corruption with public works in the province of Córdoba.
Along with him are eight other people, accused as alleged necessary participants in the same crime. It is within this group that Katz appears in a notable way.
The man, linked to the world of finance and real estate development, appears in nine of the 11 apartments that Máscolo knew how to buy in Miami, United States.
Investigators accuse Mascolo of having purchased at least 11 of these apartments in a few months, all during 2017. The indictment alleges that Katz appears on the route of at least nine of these properties.
Report by Francisco Centeno.
