Argentina
The court sets the verdict in the Sueños Compartidos case hours before the statute of limitations deadline
The ruling will be announced this Monday in the trial over the alleged diversion of funds from the social housing program run by the Fundación Madres de Plaza de Mayo. Before that, four defendants will be allowed to make their final statements.
The Federal Oral Court 5 will announce the verdict this Monday in the Sueños Compartidos case, in which the alleged diversion of public funds intended for the social housing program administered by the Fundación Madres de Plaza de Mayo is being tried, according to Todo Noticias.
According to that outlet, the ruling will come in a context marked by the debate over the statute of limitations. Prosecutors argue that the six-year deadline will expire on Tuesday, September 15, counting from the last procedural act they consider valid, while the defense says the criminal action has already been extinguished.
The hearing will begin with the final statements of Carlos Castellano, Claudio Freidin and Daniel Alfredo Nasif and Silvia Karina Nasif. Only after that will the court’s decision be announced by the panel composed of Adriana Palliotti, Daniel Obligado and Adrián Grunberg.
Among the nine defendants are Sergio and Pablo Schoklender, Julio De Vido, José López, Abel Fatala, Daniel Alfredo Nasif, Silvia Karina Nasif, Claudio Freidin and Carlos Castellano. Hebe de Bonafini had been indicted, but she died in 2022.
Todo Noticias recalled that on Friday the only defendant who spoke was Sergio Schoklender. De Vido, López, Pablo Schoklender and Fatala did not speak.
The prosecution and the Financial Information Unit requested convictions for aggravated fraudulent administration against the public administration. For Sergio and Pablo Schoklender, De Vido, López and Fatala, they sought six years in prison, while for Daniel Nasif, Silvia Nasif, Carlos Castellano and Claudio Freidin they requested four years. They also asked for the confiscation of $206 million and, in the case of the former officials, a lifetime ban from holding public office.
The investigation focuses on the destination of funds sent between 2008 and 2011 by the government of Cristina Kirchner to the Fundación Madres de Plaza de Mayo for the construction of social housing. According to Todo Noticias, nearly $900 million were transferred during that period and part of the money would have ended up in companies linked to the Schoklender brothers.
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