Additional information emerges from a bribe payment made by an American multinational in Argentina

Multinational Stericyclecollection and treatment of sanitary waste, Inside was allowed United States Who bribed in Argentina. But first he made two decisions: he fired the executives involved and secretly packed his bags and left the country in 2020. Now when a forensic investigator is looking for a company in Buenos Aires, he can find his name on an old billboard. But three executives can know bribe takerreconstructed Nation.

Documents classified by Justiz und Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) The United States has provided little data on crime in Argentina. They didn’t elaborate on what happened Between 2012 and 2016Who used the word “Alphazors” as rhetoric to refer to bribery and who Focused on provincial areas. But they didn’t give the name.

However, these documents provide some clues. First, identify a local Stericycle company as part of a criminal conspiracy: Ecological Habitat SA. In the second “provinces” the plural speaks of illegal payments. And specified “Government-controlled hospitals and healthcare facilities”. Third, one of the payers – “Executive 1” – is an Argentine executive whose responsibilities include. Medical department From the local company.

Again, the reference to “provinces” doesn’t help much. Stericycle Operations in Argentina – Habitat Ecológico and other related organizations Madame PA SA and Soma SA– Distributed across many jurisdictions. Among other things, Provinces of Buenos Aires, Cadamarca, C கோrdoba, Sago, Andre Rியோos, Formosa, Salta and Santa Fe and the city of Buenos Aires.

The documents in the United States explain that “Executive 1” is not the only person involved. Again, in the plural, they refer to “employees and agents” conspiring against each other. Outright bribery resulting in the acquisition and possession of at least $4.4 million worth of contracts Stericycle, a holding company employing 15,000 people, receives $2.65 billion in bills annually, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The Argentine, identified as “Executive 1,” coordinated the money laundering with two Mexican supervisors. Miami And another Federal District of Mexico, Identified as “Executive 1 for Latin America”​​and “Executive 2 for Latin America”. Both have been regulated and accredited according to sources collected in the United States Bribery in Mexico and Brazil.

The names of these leaders for Latin America are obscure, although they may be Louis Miguel Barbero and Abraham SikarovaAnyone who studied and worked in Mexico was responsible for the entire region in those years until he left with stericycles. Nation Tried to contact them but they didn’t respond to inquiries.

Another fact: According to official judicial and SEC documents, the top management of Stericycle, an Argentine subsidiary, has been calculated Recognizes bribes that are “normally paid”. How was the process? A company employee collected the bribe – “usually one percent of the contract amount” – and the boss approved the calculation and payment, and the employee withdrew the money from the company’s office in Buenos Aires. To feed the corrupt officer.

SEC Example: In June 2012, a company received a contract to dispose of sanitary waste in a province A bribe of 15% of the contract price was fixedStericycle management approved this amount, “and the money was disbursed to officials at various points.”

Judicial example: In September of the same year, two employees from the company’s sales department died. E-Mails 10% of the agreed contract amount is to be paid to the official $213,000 (approximately $45,610 at the time). Provincial Ministry of Health To collect sanitary waste. It should be clarified that the percentage is “tax deductible”. On September 28th a 10% bribe was paid i.e. $21,300 –Approximately $4,560-, Money.

Third example: The same or different employees in the sales area passed E-Mails For outstanding payments to the State Department of Health on May 30, 2013 Pending Alphazores They described the last time – that is, to pay – and expected to deliver it on the 17th or 18th of this month.

The fourth example with different details: In September 2013, the same or another sales representative last exchanged emails for bribes, which happened on August 30 of the same year. The total amount was $257,730 – approximately $45,000 at the exchange rate at the time – and Taxes were waived and Coimero took his 15% Alphazores.

In the last week, Nation Attempt to contact Stericycle Parent Company of America. And is maintained in Latin America by only two of its subsidiaries Brazil and Puerto Rico– as well as everyone in their offices Europa And its subsidiary Spain. Three days after the first consultation, the multinational company was just shipping Post With a copy of the same press release he published on his official website. But he did not repeatedly respond to questions posed by the media.

In Argentina, the former Stericycle Holding was renamed “Waste Treatment Center”, Habitat Ecologico PA, Soma SA and Madame PA SA are the companies that share telephone lines under the company name. Today, Gustav Solari He is the chairman of this committee. “I bought it in July 2020 but they seem to have forgotten to tell us about it when they sold it. You are so smart.”said the businessman Nation. “You said something about Brazil, nothing more. But nothing about what happened in Argentina,” he stressed.

Regardless of who bought an asset from a multinational company in Marcos Pass, Federico FordiginiI reported something similar. “The multinational decided to leave in 2020 and I bought the plant without knowing anything about what had happened before. Nothing came out of the process of right awareness, they said nothing.said the businessman.

Fardikini, who introduced himself as a “small or medium-sized local entrepreneur”, has now renamed the plant “SGA Eco”. Deal with the reputation damage of the Stericycle. “Customers and sellers call me to tell me what happened! I do not know what happened!

Those who know what happened in the meantime are silent. Among them those responsible for Stericycles around the world. That they advertise on their website The process of “transforming” the board began in 2017 when corruption investigations were launched.. The next year new leaders came Cindy Mueller.

But nothing has been reported in Argentina since 2017. Company records show that Habitat was head of Ecologico’s operations in Argentina during questionable years. Claudio Armando VesuriAs President; Roberto Eduardo Champuccettitreasurer and Gonzalo Mariano AnasAs general manager. Nation He tried contacting them by phone, LinkedIn, and email for a week, but they didn’t respond to inquiries.

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