The two congressmen based their complaints on press reports from the Miami Herald and the Ecuadorean Fifth Plan, which were published on Friday last week. They reveal the connection that exists between the Ecuadorean president and shell companies, as well as real estate in Florida.
As detailed in the letter, two companies signed a $250,000 contract on US soil. The deal was concluded to manage Lasso Image in the United States. and in the United Kingdom while facing impeachment in Ecuador.
The companies that signed the contract were identified as Perceptual Advisors LLC, a public relations firm, and Global Research and Asset Management LLC (GRAM). The latter is a Florida-based wealth management firm headed by Miguel Macías, former director of Banco Guayaquil. Let us remember that in this entity, the lasso was the CEO before he became a politician.
Congressmen say GRAM is a shell company linked to the lasso. However, in official records, he acted as a representative of the General Secretariat of Communications of the Presidency of Ecuador.
In this context, the members of Congress requested a “thorough investigation into President Lasso’s potential property in the United States. and their potentially corrupt financial dealings” in the country.
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In April this year, Grijalva and other lawmakers did indeed send a letter, but on that occasion the recipient was the US President himself, Joe Biden.
In the letter they asked the US Department of Justice. Investigation of the lasso. The crime, allegedly using US judicial powers to hide assets and evade taxes.
This complaint was also supported by another journalistic investigation that revealed alleged corruption in public companies in Ecuador, led by Laso’s son-in-law, Danilo Carrera, and trusted operator, Rubén Chires, who was assassinated last March.
The letter to Biden also stated that Laso used front men linked to Banco de Guayaquil. They were responsible for opening offshore companies in tax havens, including US jurisdictions.
In this sense, members of Congress are also asking for a review of the bilateral relationship between the United States. and the Lasso government.
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