The Uruguayan ex-consul in Moscow, Stefano Di Conza, is being investigated for at least 14 crimes of repeated fraud, in concurrence outside of real reiteration, based on assumption of marital status, and the prosecutor Grabiela Fossati, who is handling the case of Alejandro Astesiano, I would be convinced that I would join this criminal organization.
Additionally, Fossati requested preventive detention for the diplomat until January 6, 2023, which was granted by the Justice. According to information released by The countryJosé Mujica’s former secretary, María Minacapilli, was also investigated in the last few hours for sending the Ministry of the Interior a note that included a letter from Alexey S., who is charged as the alleged manager of Astesiano’s documents.
Di Conza was Uruguay’s consul in Moscow from 2013 to 2018, that is, from half of the Mujica government to the second government of Tabaré Vázquez. Subsequently, he had served in the Directorate of Consular Affairs.
At the beginning of November, the official was relocated to the Artigas Institute of the Foreign Service.
Astesiano and the layers of his case
Alexander Astesiano, former personal custodian of President Luis Lacalle Pou, and ex-custodian also of his father, Luis Alberto Lacalle Herrera, is charged as the alleged leader of a large organization that falsified documents to grant irregular passports to Russian citizens. The aforementioned processor and a notary named Álvaro F.
Astesiano received his henchmen and “clients” on the fourth floor of the Executive Tower, where the Executive Branch works, and a number of people met there that the authorities still do not have. To further cloud the inquiries, The Presidency of the Republic does not have a list of the individuals who met with Astesiano.
In WhatsApp chats extracted from the former custodian’s phone, he offered his clients access to espionage through the Intelligence software The Guardianof which the Ministry of the Interior has a license to use.
