There are many unanswered questions about Hermosilla’s role in the corruption network. In this report, Paulina de Allende-Salazar places emphasis on a central question: what was Hermosilla’s connection with a textile company between which there were financial movements for years?
- Context of the Factop Case:
- Luis Hermosilla It is linked to the Factop case, which involves human rights violations during the dictatorship.
- Brothers Ariel and Daniel Sauer y Rodrigo Topelberg They are in preventive detention for bribery, treasury fraud, fraud and unfair administration.
- New Background:
- The Research Unit The counter revealed new documents that raise questions about Hermosilla’s relationship with the Sauer and Topelberg brothers.
- These documents suggest a business relationship dating back to at least 2017.
- Commercial Relationship with Comercial Textil ZIKO LTDA.:
- Commercial Textil ZIKO LTDA. issued invoices and credit notes to Hermosilla between April 2020 and April 2023.
- The total sales to Hermosilla were $239 million 795 thousand 600, while the credit notes totaled $238 million 606 thousand 200.
- The textile company would have earned only $1,189,400 from the movements in the name of Hermosilla.
- Key Questions:
- Why did you receive invoices and credit notes from a textile company if your line of business is legal advice?
- What was the reason for selling and then canceling the sale?
- Was there a mechanism of fake invoices to obtain money from the stock market?
- Responses from Juan Pablo Hermosilla:
- Luis Hermosilla did not issue invoices or credit notes to Comercial Textil ZIKO.
- Neither Luis nor his companies received invoices from the textile company.
- He speculates that it could be a simulated debt to be discounted later.
- The records could correspond to a Factop credit operation with Luis Hermosilla.
- Factoring at Factop SpA:
- More than 583 accounting movements for $6,148 million in six years.
- Check factoring operations since at least 2017.
- Luis Hermosilla factors at least one check every month.
- Payments for $1,354,740,923 in your personal account between September 2021 and October 2023.
- Remaining Questions:
- Is it typical for a lawyer to have that many factored checks?
- What is the origin of factored checks?
- Hermosilla has many doubts to clarify regarding its relationship with the partners of Factop SpA and its related companies.
Luis Hermosilla, a renowned lawyer with ties to power, now faces new accusations and his role in the Factop case is increasingly questioned.