He lawyer Martín Santosson of former president of the Republic and Nobel Peace Prize Juan Manuel Santospresented himself as a victim in the criminal proceedings underway against the businessman Felipe Miguel Rocha for the so-called ‘livestock pyramid’ scam.
It is worth mentioning that Rocha was charged this Friday by the crime of massive and habitual collection of money from the public for allegedly having been part of a pyramid scheme in 2020 that defrauded at least 92 people, capturing 36,848 million pesos that were collected with the promise of delivering a 30% return on the value invested for the purchase of livestock.
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“There was no such purchase of livestock, there was no sale or fattening of those cattle, but you received resources from the public and with them covered the obligations that you had previously acquired.“, expressed in audience the prosecutor Nelcy Rodríguezfiscal 25 for money laundering.
Martin Santos
The representative of Martín Santos, who invested close to 200 million pesos in the so-called ‘friends fund’ that Rocha establishedappeared at the hearing on behalf of his client, whom he called “victim“.
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Rocha, who is detained in the Bogotá District Prisonseeks a pre-agreement with the prosecuting entity for the crimes of aggravated fraud and falsification of a private document.
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*With information from EL TIEMPO – JUSTICIA
