Money-laundering suspect expands testimony
FORMER Vice-President Felipe Virzi, on Thursday, October 1, expanded his testimony before anti-corruption prosecutors investigating money laundering allegations linked to accounts belonging to former Supreme Court Justice Alejandro Moncada Luna.
Guillermina McDonald, Virzi’s lawyer, said that her client requested the meeting with prosecutors to clarify issues related to Alberto Ortega, a former branch manager of Banco Universal, which is controlled by Virzi.
He arrived at the Avesa building on Via Espana, at about 10 a.m. and left about an hour later.
Ortega was arrested on charges of money laundering in August.
Moncada Luna is serving a five-year jail term and Virzi is under house arrest.
McDonald said that Virzi wanted to clarify statements “that had possibly been misinterpreted.”
