In a car known for the review week, the Second Civil Court of the Sentence Execution Circuit ordered precautionary measures in the middle of a complex lawsuit filed by a bank against two companies in which SAAB appears as its representative
Some of lime and others of sand for Álex Saab, the almighty minister of industry and national production in the regime of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela. When he believed that he had no debts with Colombian justice, a court of his native Barranquilla issued a decision that will shake his pocket.
In a car known for the review week, the Second Civil Court of the Sentence Execution Circuit ordered precautionary measures in the midst of a complex lawsuit filed by a bank against two companies in which SAAB appears as its representative.
The measure also touches the ex -wife of Saab, the Venezuelan businesswoman Cynthia Eugenia Certain Ospina, who served as a deputy manager.
In this way, the decree and seizure of the “sums of money that the defendants SHATEX S (…) Jacadi of Colombia (…) Alex Naim Saab Moran (…) and Cynthia Eugenia Certain Ospina” was ordered.
In the resolution, the court set the amount of money that can be seized in each of the accounts and the way in which the procedure should be carried out.
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“Limit the precautionary measure in the sum of eight hundred thirty -one million two hundred and forty -nine thousand nine hundred and four pesos with five cents (…) corresponding to the value of credit settlement,” the decision highlights.
The court ordered that this money must be deposited in the account of the Agrarian Bank of Colombia.
“Note that such measure must be registered as long as they are legally seized amounts and these do not exceed the limits of unattachability in accordance with Decree 564 of 1996 and concordant norms,” adds the ruling.
In May 2024, the employer was acquitted, in the first instance failure, for the crimes of concert to commit crimes, illicit enrichment of individuals, aggravated scam, export or fictitious import and, the most serious, money laundering.
Faced with this ruling, the investigating entity announced that it will present appeal by ensuring that there are sufficient evidence that shows that SAAB was behind the creation of accounts and companies of the textile sector, facade to move large sums of money.
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