2024-08-02 02:02:48
In response to this, Cathy Barriga’s defense attorney, Cristóbal Bonacic, explained that “there is no money that has reached the estate of Mrs. Cathy and her husband that does not correspond to money from their respective jobs.”
The investigation against Cathy Barriga added a new chapter, after the news became known millionaire cryptocurrency transfers between her son, Vicente González Barriga, and her husband, deputy Joaquín Lavín (UDI).
According to an investigation by T13, Between 2018 and 2021, Congressman Lavín invested more than 48 million pesos in cryptocurrencies on Buda.com. However, these operations ended abruptly when the platform She asked Cathy Barriga’s husband to justify the amounts, and when he refused, she suspended his account.
Meanwhile, in September 2018, it was recorded a transfer of 12,600 dollars in cryptocurrencies – about $12 million – where the deputy Joaquín Lavín received them from Vicente González Barriga, son of the former mayor of Maipú.
This millionaire transfer was completed when González Barriga was 19 years old and months before starting commercial activities, the report indicated.
In response to this, Cathy Barriga’s defense attorney, Cristóbal Bonacic, explained that “there is no money that has reached the estate of Mrs. Cathy and her husband that does not correspond to money from their respective jobs.”
Regarding the suspension of Joaquín Lavín León’s account on Buda.com, the lawyer stated that “Mr. Lavín, as a result of not being able to make any further investments, obviously did not renew that request and, therefore, his account was cancelled. Not a fruit that did not clarify it, but that he had already stopped having investments through that platform.”
“We have no problem with the Public Prosecutor’s Office investigating everything that it deems prudent, since there is no irregular or even illicit action in any of the possible aspects,” Cristóbal Bonacic stressed.