2024-04-18 02:50:32
They are still scratching the surface. A first audit initiated by the members of the Provincial Court of Accounts revealed that during the years 2007 and 2017the companies linked to Federico Máscolo received more than 34 million pesos made in 171 payments. A figure that could be much higher when all the works awarded to indirectly related people or companies are linked.
“We have discovered more than 170 files. It would have begun to operate in 2007 in the San Justo department, reaching the peak of activities in 2010-11, representing more than 34 million pesos which, converted into dollars, represent just over 6 million dollars,” said the head of the Court. of accounts Beltrán Corvalán.
The company of Máscolo’s ex-partner was a contributor to Schiaretti’s campaign
That year, indicated by the member of the body that controls public accounts and money, was the transition between the governments of José Manuel De La Sota and Juan Schiaretti. Federico Máscolo, nicknamed “mister muscle” He has been detained since the end of 2023, accused of alleged money laundering through public works awarded with the province of Córdoba and the municipality of San Francisco.
Beltran Corvalán acknowledges that they have been carrying out detailed work given the complications they encounter in accessing the information: “it is difficult for us to access the information, since in the Court of Auditors there was no record of suppliers or files. There were global payments destined for various suppliers,” he explained.
Máscolo’s type of works, a headache
“El Lázaro Báez” from Cordoba He is accused of being the leader of an organization with many ramifications that had money laundering as its final destination, according to the suspicions of the Federal justice system.
Not only had he established strong ties with provincial officials, but he is also a recognized personal friend of Ramón Javier Mestre, one of the top leaders of the Radical Civic Union of the province. This relationship opens a new path in the investigation that could lead to investigating how the radical mayor’s electoral campaigns were financed.
In the investigation by the Court of Accounts, a peak in hiring of Máscolo was recorded during the pre-campaign period in the Capital city of Córdoba. It is estimated that during that time period he would have accumulated half of those transfers: about US$3,235,002.
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“What we have been able to observe is that many of the works were soil movements, which are very difficult to determine. Something very similar to what Lázaro Báez did with public works during the Kirchner administration in the national government. These works are difficult to audit and determine, because if the purchase is for chairs one can physically search for them and count them if it is the quantity, but in this case the soil movements remain below the final work,” said Beltrán Corvalán.
In the documents, these works are marked as “without details.” That is, payments were approved whose works were not specified.
According to the stripteasedelpoder website, it can be detected that the main work, with a total of US$ 1,833,285.91, is Stage III of the expansion of the San Francisco Sewer network, which covers the 9 de Septiembre neighborhoods , Cathedral, Sarmiento, SUOEM Park, La Milka, and Independencia.
In general, the works awarded to Máscolo are small amounts with a strong presence of “refunctionalizing channels” or “maintenance work”, but the quantity is surprising.
To all this, the expenditures called “Global Funds” should be added. They are funds with amounts of 1,000 or 2,000 million pesos, without spending specifications, which were managed without any accountability.
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