The head of Generación Zoe in the capital of Córdoba, Mariela Sánchezaccused of alleged “repeated fraud and illicit association”, was arrested this friday within the framework of the case being investigated by the Prosecutor for Instruction in the city of Villa María, Córdoba, Juliana Compays, where the headquarters of that organization operated, reported the Public Prosecutor’s Office (MPF).
With the arrest of Sánchez there are 20 defendants under the jurisdiction of the Villa María justicein all cases for scams to savers who were recruited to invest millions of dollars in pesos and dollars.
Investors were tempted to receive high monthly interest that greatly exceeded what is offered in the formal financial market, through the ponzi or pyramid scheme, as it is known.
Last Monday was The head of Generación Zoe, Leonardo Cositorto (52) arrested in the Dominican Republicand it is expected that in the course of the next week he will arrive in Argentina once the extradition procedures have been completed, a judicial source reported.
Cositorto had been a fugitive since mid-March and was captured by Interpol personnel.
The procedures began on February 18 last, based on the complaint of savers who did not recover the investment, with raids on different associated entities in Villa María and Buenos Aires that, according to what is known from the preliminary investigation, between March and November As of 2021, 14 commercial companies were created, some of them on the same day.
Among these are Prioli Construcciones, Generación Zoe, Universidad del Trading and Zoe Construcciones, established on March 18, 2021, and with movements of more than US$ 7 million detected so far.
In addition, the investigators verified that, in October 2020, Cositorto canceled a debt that had been classified as “unrecoverable” by the Central Bank where it was listed as “delinquent and uncollectible”, added the sources of the case.
Federal judge Ariel Lijo recently ordered searches in a case for alleged money laundering of the Zoe holding company.
One of the operations was in the legal study of the former judge Héctor Luis Yrimia, Zoe’s legal adviser, who remains at large and has an international arrest warrant.
The General Inspection of Justice (IGJ) also initiated legal actions against Generación Zoe that are filed in the national courts of First Instance in Commercial Matters Number 14, Secretariat 28; and Number 26, Secretariat 51.
Last Tuesday, operations were also carried out in the Corrientes town of Goya, and three people were arrested for similar criminal maneuvers.
