Million dollar transactions reaching Bucaramanga from Puerto Rico, the United States, Belgium, the Netherlands, China and the United States, Santander began to attract the attention of DEA agents and the Attorney General’s Office.
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The money movements, which the DEA attributes to their origins in mafia structures, have led to the emergence of what was once a modest businessman from Socorro, now the head of a successful corporate network. linked to construction companies and cryptocurrency business.
The aforementioned businessman Leonard David Entralgo Gómez became relevant last May when he ran over the Bucaramanga traffic secretary with his Lexus truck while trying to evade a vehicle check near the so-called ‘Cuadra Play’ area..
Intelligence agents think the man already knew he was in the authorities’ sights and that’s why he tried to escape that day.
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“By that time their communications had already been cut off and frequent migration movements to the United Arab Emirates (Dubai), Spain and other countries were known,” an investigator said. And he added that while Entralgo had gained access to an exclusive social club, a tennis league and banks (as a preferred customer), he was in the crosshairs of intelligence agents.
on December 4 Industrial engineer who started out as a leather shoe manufacturer and now promotes himself as a digital marketing manager He was caught on the grounds that he was a mafia launderer.
The prosecutor’s office gives assurance His fortune easily exceeds 12 billion pesos and he has no way of justifying taking the money sent to him from abroad. and that they got into their bank accounts.
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“Through these financial maneuvers, Leonard David Entralgo Gómez allegedly concealed the flow of money from his drug trafficking activities and tried to evade the controls of the authorities,” said Carlos Vieda Silva.Anti-Money Laundering Expert Director of the Prosecutor’s Office.
However, their defense ensures that all goods and luxury items belonging to Entralgo are of legal origin and that they can prove it.
“My client is a young man who is smart about managing unconventional economic models such as cryptocurrencies and blockchain. They demonized his trips to Dubai, where he was paid to give lectures on such matters. Money is legal. This tool can be used for bad things, but that is not the case for my client.”, assured criminal lawyer Jorge Alberto Ruíz.
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EL TIEMPO investigated and found that one of the companies appearing under its name in the file was Lad Investment Solutions SAS, registered in 2022 with 300 million pesos. Additionally, Realtok SAS was founded in the same year. Both are headquartered in Bucaramanga and focus on building construction and real estate activities.
one of your relatives He has a firm with business ties to cryptocurrencies and tracking hosting (online storage).
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And to the businessman House 44 of the Parkhouse complex appears in his name at Floridablanca in the private sector of Ruitoque, where he was captured. There is also apartment 1104 in the Borealix building in Bucaramanga and many other places in Pie de Cuesta.
During a raid on Entralgo’s home by the prosecution CTI, three cars, which his defense said he had paid for, were found parked: an electric Audi truck with plate number LFX965 model 2022 in silver color with a street price exceeding 400 million pesos; A gray Volvo, model 2022, XC90 series, with license plate KTR691, registered to him and his wife..
The other vehicle seized was the Lexus with license plate KTS407, model 2021, used in the drunken driving incident in May.
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Despite the evidence, Entralgo did not accept the accusations, and the judge who came to the hearing to legalize the capture (due to the illness of his owner) decided not to send him to prison. The prosecutor’s office filed an objection and the businessman’s connection to the process continues.
Entralgo’s lawyer, criminal lawyer Jorge Ruíz, assured in a dialogue with EL TIEMPO that his client had declared the income to the authorities: “The prosecutor’s office is talking about an unfair increase claim of approximately 12 billion dollars. According to them, this was not reported and this is wrong. All operations and movements are recorded in the bank and reported to Dian”.
And I add: “They could not prove that this money came from drug trafficking, as they said. After 7 years of investigation, not a single piece of evidence was found.”.
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Ruiz also said: His client is a good person who has been released and is awaiting a second-instance hearing that will determine whether he will proceed. free or not.
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