Romina Uhrig and Walter Festa accused of money laundering: all the details of the case

In the last hours, the former finalist of the Big Brother (Telefe), Romina Uhrig (36) and her ex-partner, Walter Festa (54)former mayor of Moreno, were accused of money laundering, as reported in Central TN.

It was the journalist Rodrigo Alegre who recounted the details of the case being investigated by the Federal Justice of Morón. «We are talking about an accusation, in this case in court, for money laundering. against the former mayor of Moreno, Walter Festa, and against his ex-wife, Romina Uhrig, who recently gained greater notoriety because she was a finalist on Big Brother”, he began.

“Both are accused of the crime of money laundering. There is a case that is in the Federal Justice of Morón. The public prosecutor Mariela Labozzeta and the public prosecutor Leonardo Filippini accuse both of money laundering,” Rodrigo specified in his statement.

And he underlined: “I repeat, the former mayor of Moreno, Walter Festa, and his partner, Romina Uhrig, finalist of Big Brother, former deputy of the Chamber of the Nation, and two other people who also had ties with them, and one of them operated in the municipality of Moreno, they are under investigation for the crime of money laundering”.

The details of the case for which Romina Uhrig and Walter Festa were accused

“The Prosecutor’s Office is asking for a series of measures. There is a case underway at the Provincial Justice, where Festa was under investigation for illicit enrichment as a public official. The accusation against Romina Uhrig now emerges from that case”, explained the journalist.

In this sense he listed: “There are a number of properties on the coast, in a town called Villa Robles, which are the subject of investigation. A house in a private neighborhood in the General Rodríguez area, a property purchased in the province of Salta, in municipality of Cafayate.”

“Justice requests information from the Federal Public Revenue Administration and, at the same time, requests information from the Land Registry of Real Estate and information from the Registers of Ships and Yachts. There is a patrimonial issue of funds that Justice believes there are the necessary indications to start an investigation for money laundering”, added Alegre.

And he added: “There is talk of paying for a house, for example, in 100 thousand dollars in cash, according to the prosecutor. “Justice is investigating both of them for money laundering following the purchase of a series of properties, a series of cars and money management.”

“They even ask the Financial Intelligence Unit for information to see the dividends of both of them and two other people, because Justice understands that there was a problem where they bought a property and transferred ownership to another person “, concluded the TN journalist. .

During her stay at Big Brother, Romina had told her cohabitants that she did not want to leave Moreno, the neighborhood where she lived with her family. “I didn’t want to go live on the coast because I wanted to be close to my family and friends,” the former congressman said at the time. It was there that she said that she had a property in Pinamar because “It was very cheap to build there. They gave us the lot to pay for.”

Days later, Yanina Latorre told LAM (America, Monday to Friday at 8pm) the details of the luxurious property, which is located near the Costa Smeralda and which would belong to Walter Festa and Romina Uhrig. “They have two houses in the same neighborhood: one ended up with his first wife and the other with Romina. Their house has a private beach and jet skis in front of the door,” the speaker revealed.