The defense of a powerful businessman in the metallurgical sector assured EL TIEMPO 15 days ago: They would defend themselves during the trial against accusations that they participated in the million-dollar Dian trap, using fake invoices to evade VAT and income tax: “The presumption of innocence must be respected.”
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Business man, The head of a group of firms that make deals with state companies is accused of increasing his assets by at least 5.8 billion pesos by purchasing fake invoices over four years.
Therefore, the Prosecutor’s Office decided to suspend its authority to control the shareholding structure of the entire company. Alforequipo SAS and all its assets, a warehouse and eight vehicles.
Amount of material damage It exceeds 34,000 million pesos and affects other members of the businessman’s family.
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As EL TIEMPO expected, Jairo Garcia Cifuentes and other individuals and companies are accused of purchasing invoices for business transactions of assets and services that never existed.
The prosecutor’s office estimates that approximately 1,200 firms involved gained illicit enrichment amounting to approximately 12,000 million pesosTo the detriment of the Public Treasury.
In García’s case, the affected properties are located in Bogotá, Cajicá, Cota and Sibaté.
The assets appear to be in the names of Jairo García Fuentes, president of the firm Formaletas y Equipment Rental (Alforequipos SAS), Jhon Jairo García Huertas, Mario Alexander García Huertas, Nadia García Huertas and María del Carmen Huertas González.
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The prosecutor’s office is trying to demonstrate during the trial phase and during the hearing. The process of elimination that allocates value added tax (VAT) and does not report or submit it to the National Tax and Customs Directorate (Dian). Likewise, it was determined that they used documents containing incorrect information to reduce the income tax base.
Judicial sources stated: Invoice sales are related to three criminal structures that the Tax and Customs Police busted with the support of Dian and the coordination of the Prosecutor’s Office..
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EL TIEMPO contacted the lawyer Juan Carlos Mahecha, lawyer of Jairo García Cifuentes, who insists on the presumption of innocence of his client He said the process has just begun.
““The destruction process at the prosecutor’s office is just beginning, we are evaluating the legal paths to follow, we will defend ourselves.”Mahecha assured.
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The lawyer also said: “This measure covers only the company Alforequipos Bogotá, Headquarters in other cities have nothing to do with the events being investigated.”.
In our private conversation with EL TIEMPO, Businessman Jairo García Cifuentes assured that the situation with Dian has already been resolved.
“With Dian We have already reached some payment agreements because there were problems and errors in some of the invoices of our customers who did not pay us.but this has already been fixed, solved,” said García Cifuentes.
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He also assured that his company, Alforequipos, is a company with great recognition and prestige in the construction industry: “We had many contracts with various State institutions, for example, we were the ones who contracted for the construction of the Prosecutor’s Office bunker and many prisons in the country. “There is currently another one with a prison in La Guajira.”.García also said that they are waiting for the hearing at the Prosecutor’s Office, where they are making progress in resolving their legal situation.
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