Based on the complaints revealed by the Investigative Unit of EL TIEMPO, the Prosecutor’s Office and the Superintendency of Industry and Commerce (SIC) They have already begun to investigate the collection of millionaire sums of money by a Ferrari luxury car dealership that began to fail to comply with its clientele.
On the weekend, EL TIEMPO revealed that even the luxurious exhibition showcase located in the north of Bogotá closed its doors and the only thing they have received are letters in which they do not tell them whether or not they will return the money orders they made.
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The SIC requirement
Ferrari headquarters in Bogotá and one of the models they offer. Photo:Private file/Ferrari/Social networks
According to EL TIEMPO’s investigation – taken up by other media – The business was done through the company Autos Italianos de Colombia SA whose substitute legal representative was Henry Ávila, the same one who attended them in the showcase.
But, According to documents in the possession of this newspaper, the shareholders are the Mexican businessmen Sergio de la Vega and Erik Stolberg Fernándezand the Colombian Jorge Enrique Carvajales Orozco.
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The latter was president of Reficar between 2006 and 2008. In fact, he was called for questioning in the case of cost overruns in the modernization of the refinery.
Sources from the Prosecutor’s Office confirmed to EL TIEMPO that They have already begun to contact businessmen who invested up to 2,000 million pesos in Ferraris Roma Spider and Ferrari 296 GTS, worth 3,400 million pesos.
According to documents that Ávila signed, The cars were going to be delivered in May of this year, but now there is no money or Ferrari.
Cielo Rusinque herself, head of the SIC, told EL TIEMPO that a request had already been sent to the company whose existence this newspaper revealed.
Enrichment and washing?
This is Luca Zanetti’s letter. Photo:THE TIME
For several of the victims who went to EL TIEMPO to report the case, the crimes of conspiracy, money laundering and even illicit enrichment were being configured.
Ferrari North America sent a letter stating that it had removed the representation of the brand from the company Autos Italianos de Colombiawith headquarters in Panama, for having sold the concession without authorization.
But in another letter, the new owners – the firm Autos de Alta Gama Holdings SA – He assured that it was a loan that they made to the company that owned the concession in which all of the shares were as collateral.
Ávila, who no longer serves as legal representative, told some former clients that They will look for lawyers to answer them for the money.
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