In the sight. Rafael Lopez Aliaga, candidate for mayor of Lima with Renovación Popular in the Regional and Municipal Elections 2022, is investigated for the alleged crime of money laundering in the form of a criminal organizationaccording to a report published in IDL-Reporteros.
Indeed, it was the prosecutor Manuela Villarfrom the second office of the first supra-provincial prosecutor’s office for the crime of money laundering, who in July of this year formalized a preparatory investigation against López Aliagaas well as one of his partners and three of his offshore companies, following the revelations in the Panama Papers case.
According to IDL, these new inquiries against Rafael López Aliaga emerged as part of the investigation initiated by Yovana Moriprosecutor of the Lavajato special team, which indicates a corruption scheme in the Lima Metropolitan Fund that favored the now municipal candidate with more than S/ 1 million in contracts made by two of his companies during the management of the former mayor of Lima, Susana Villaran.
Rafael Lopez Aliaga founded the company ACRES Sociedad Titulizadora SA on June 15, 2011, months after the administration of Susana Villarán beganand had as its partners ACRES Investments SA, a company controlled by it and its partner Javier Riofrio Orrego, the report indicates.
Later, the leader of Popular Renewal had as partners Rui Barraco and the Chilean businessman André Muñoz Ramírezwho became known in our country for implementing the risk system at Banco Santander del Perú.
Later, on October 19 of that same year, López Aliaga founded another company called ACRES Finance SA with the support of Andrés Muñozwho was chairman of the board of said company.
“On November 18, 2011, barely a month after the constitution of ACRES Finance, the Logistics office of the Caja Metropolitana sent letters of invitation to three finance experts because they wanted to hire an external consultant in comprehensive risk management”, it was stated. read in the IDL post.
Rafael López Aliaga benefited from contracts without a technical report, according to the Prosecutor’s Office
Rafael López Aliaga’s debt with Sunat increased to S/ 35.5 million this year, according to an investigation by La República. Photo: The Republic
On the other hand, it was learned that on October 4, 2012, heCaja Metropolitana de Lima subscribed, directly and without competitiona contract (on paper) with ACRES Securitization Company and ACRES Finance SA for a process of structuring, securitization and placement of securitized bonds of the ‘Caja Gas’ credit portfolio.
The tax thesis states that the contracting of both companies was done “without a real need” and “without any technical report that supports the securitization proposal, as well as the amount of the bond issue, nor the term of the operation”. “The Prosecutor’s Office determined that the contract was drawn up by ACRES Securitization Company and ACRES Finance SA and not by the Caja Metropolitana”, states the report.
