2024-08-30 02:13:33
Topelberg, who is being investigated for possible fraud and tax crimes, explained how he made public the controversial recording that has those most involved behind bars.
Rodrigo Topelberg, a partner of the Sauer brothers in Factop, admitted before the Fourth Guarantee Court of Santiago that he was the one who leaked the controversial audio where Luis Hermosilla, Leonarda Villalobos and Daniel Sauer were recorded.
Topelberg, who is being investigated for possible fraud and tax crimes, for which he paid $400 million to the court as “reparation for the damage caused,” He explained how he released the controversial recording that has those most involved behind barsin preventive detention.
In the conversation recorded by Leonarda Villalobos, Daniel Sauer and Luis Hermosilla also participated, who planned the payment of bribes to members of the Financial Market Commission (CMF) and the Internal Revenue Service (SII).
Rodrigo Topelberg stated that in November of last year, Having the recording in his possession, he bought a cell phone and from there he sent the audio to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, the CMF itself and various media outlets, including Ciper, which revealed its content.
Following this intervention, his lawyer Miguel Schurmann declared to CNN Chile that “Topelberg confirmed that he sent the audio to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, to a CMF official and also to Ciper.”
Along with this, he made it clear that his client was not aware of the activities reported by the participants in the conversation, pointing out that “What Rodrigo did was, in essence, report the illegal acts that he learned about through the audio.”