The follow-up of the Truco Club Instagram account allowed staff from the 25th Prosecutor’s Office to raid a brewery in the Caballito neighborhood of Buenos Aires and close down the place where each couple was charged 20 thousand pesos for registration to play a card contest, without counting with the authorization of the City Lotteries, reported the Public Prosecutor’s Office (MPF).
The investigation of the Division of Violations and Offenses against Public Order of the City Police It began by following an Instagram account, with more than 10,000 followers, in which championships for money were promoted on Thursdays. in different points of the City and the province of Buenos Aires.
Subsequent investigations managed to identify the organizer, the merchandising, promotions with doctored images of actor Guillermo Franchella and the venue for the next championship.
With the data collected, the 25th Misdemeanor Criminal Prosecutor’s Office, in charge of Rodrigo Manuel Pagano Mata, ordered a comprehensive inspection at the time set for the tournament, in a brewery on José Bonifacio Street at 1500, in which officers from that police division, personnel from the Government Control Agency (AGC) and the Lottery of the City of Buenos Aires (LOTBA) participated.
when they arrived, the officials met 21 people playing cards, the organizer of the contest, two business owners and six employeesreported the Public Prosecutor’s Office (MPF).
In the hands of the organizer they counted $100,270 and a dollar billnotes on clandestine activity, 34 decks of cards, eight of them on the gaming tables and a cell phone.
After verifying the LOTBA staff the infraction for clandestine gambling, The Prosecutor’s Office ordered the arrest of the organizer for his investigation for violation of article 301 bis of the National Penal Codewhich penalizes those who exploit and organize games of chance without permission from a competent authority.
He also ordered the kidnapping of all the elements found and the comparison of the other people in the Federal System of Police Communications (SIFCOP).
The premises, meanwhile, were closed due to lack of security measures.
