The method consisted of demanding a percentage of the value of the works, usually between 3% and 20%, which were delivered as kickbacks in exchange for contract awards and the release of payments. Carlos Wagner, then president of the Argentine Chamber of Construction, explained in his testimony that the system began with meetings where companies agreed on who would get each project and the amount that would be included as a bribe; then he passed the information to José López, who would forward it to officials of the National Roads Administration to include those amounts in the monthly payment lists.
The work in the AMIA Hall The work on the enhancement of the AMIA Hall was carried out by the General Directorate of Judicial Infrastructure, under the supervision of the Intendancy of the Federal Chamber of Criminal Cassation. It required an investment of $162,434,175 and is part of the General Works Plan promoted by the Council of the Magistrature to adapt judicial spaces to the requirements of the new Accusatory System.
NA News Agency Buenos Aires, December 15 (NA) – The trial in the "Notebooks" case will resume this Tuesday at 13:30, and it is expected that the defense statements of the businessmen Patricio Gerbi, Juan Chediak, Carlos Wagner, Aldo Roggio and Ángel Calcaterra will be read, before moving on to the evaluation of the evidence, according to what the Argentine News Agency was able to learn from judicial sources.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court of Justice has decided to use the AMIA Hall, recently remodeled in the Comodoro Py 2002 building, as a new space for major oral trials, as part of the improvement works of the Judicial Branch.
"Notebooks" Case: TOF 7 judges now have the remodeled AMIA Hall The Court's decision will help the Oral Federal Court 7 (TOF 7), in charge of the "Notebooks" case, whose members had complained about the poor state of the building, to speed up the judicial process.
In the last Thursday's hearing, it was detailed how the pact between businessmen and officials to sustain an illegal fundraising scheme worked. The prosecution argues that between 2003 and 2015, an illicit association operated, composed of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and high-ranking officials from the Ministry of Planning, such as Julio De Vido, Roberto Baratta, José López, and others, along with businessmen like Carlos Wagner and Ernesto Clarens. According to the Public Prosecutor's Office, the structure was intended to generate illegal economic benefits through spurious negotiations related to public works, energy, and transport.
