Prosecutor Enrique Rodriguez is in charge of the investigation, which involves dozens of people. Sayagues denounced that Heritage laundered tens of millions of dollars.

He pointed out that at least 45 Argentinean citizens who had undeclared funds before the Federal Administration of Public Revenues of Argentina (AFIP), delivered money to three executives of Uruguayan bank accounts who traveled to Buenos Aires to pick it up.

The illegal operation was exposed when it was discovered that Elena Nazarenko, one of the account executives, had appropriated a millionaire sum for her own benefit, reported Caras y Caretas.

The Uruguayan justice system sentenced her to prison for this criminal act.

For Sayagues, ‘the banking institution knew the origin of that money, that is, it lent itself to a money laundering maneuver, because the bank, a subsidiary of Banque Heritage of Switzerland, was not authorized to operate in Argentina.

In the complaint, filed in February and now under investigation, the lawyer points out the Heritage responsibility in the fraudulent maneuvers and argues that ‘the alleged crimes of fraud, misappropriation and money laundering’ would be made up.

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