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Fortune of Augusto Pinochet
Over 17 Million Dollars
Chilean judge Sergio Muņoz
tagged the personal fortune of
former dictator Augusto Pinochet
at more than 17 million dollars
in a resolution he sent on
Friday to the Chilean Appeal
Court, to request withdrawal of
his parliamentary privileges.
Muņoz attributed falsification
of passports, identity documents
belonging to the local War
Sub-Secretary Office, and
illegal purchase of land in his
request.
He estimated the total at a
little more than 17.82 million
dollars, which included all his
goods as well as interest on the
accounts Pinochet has in US
Riggs Bank and Chilean banks.
Muņozī request was not only
based on tax crimes, but also on
falsification of public
documents, including passports.
The Chilean magistrate said that
although there were slight
modifications regarding
Pinochetīs real identity, one of
the documents had an nonexistent
number, which was evidence for
the crime of falsification.
Muņoz took into account these
passports were used to escape
from the Spanish justice process
headed by Judge Baltasar Garzon,
and to open bank accounts in
different foreign banks.
The request also included the
purchase of land at El Melocoton
(the Peach) in the name of Ramon
Castro Ivanovich, which was then
illegally transferred to
Pinochet.
Additionally, Judge Muņoz
considered the possible
complicity of Monica Ananias,
personal secretary of Pinochet,
and Oscar Aitken, his legal
executor.
Aitken is suspected of
participating in hiding
Pinochetīs identity and money in
several businesses formed as tax
havens.
Regarding Ananias, Judge Muņoz
assured she provided Pinochetīs
accountant with some information
to make tax declarations, whilst
hiding the rest, such as
overseas investments and bank
accounts.
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