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Police Raid Site Of Lionel Messi's Wedding Two Days Before Ceremony by gibzzhd: 12:33am On Jun 29, 2017 |
Police and tax inspectors have carried out a
court-ordered search at a casino attached to the
hotel that is preparing to host the wedding of
Lionel Messi, authorities said, though they denied
any connection with the coming nuptials.
The Wednesday raid at the City Center hotel and
casino complex in Rosario, Argentina, was
authorised by federal judge Marcelo Baylaque
amid an investigation of alleged tax evasion by
magnate Cristobal Lopez.
Messi's wedding to longtime partner Antonella
Roccuzzo is set to take place on Friday at the
same complex, but officials said the attached
hotel was not part of the raid.
"We are working exclusively with the casino," said
Carlos Vaudagna, the regional director of the
Federal Administration of Public Revenue, told
EFE. "The hotel is not involved and this will not
affect Friday's event in any way.
"It was just a coincidence that we came a few
days prior [to the wedding], we had the judicial
request a month ago but were just granted
permission now."
Vaudagna also said he estimated that authorities
would have seized all they needed for the probe
by the end of the day and would not disturb the
wedding preparations.
Judge Juan Galvan Greenway is in charge of the
case, which is related to alleged kickbacks for
public works projects and an alleged $1.8m in
money laundering.
"We came to seize video monitoring tape related
to subjects who we believe in 2015 received
financial gain or earnings of more than $6,000 in
daily [casino] winnings," Vaudagna said.
He said that one bettor reportedly won more than
48 times, with more than $100,000 in winnings.
Another casino in Buenos Aires as well as a
racetrack had also been raided last week as part
of the probe.
Lopez was indicted on corruption-related charges
last year along with 16 others as part of an
ongoing probe into the finances of the
administration under Cristina Fernandez de
Kirchner, the former president of Argentina from
2007-15.
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