Overview
- The sentence was homologated by Judge Simy Beatriz Benasayag on Wednesday and gave the interim teacher a three-year prison term suspended, three years of disqualification from public posts, a $360,000 fine and $480,000 in reparations to two students.
- Prosecutors reconstructed two episodes from the 2025 school year in which the teacher demanded payments to pass students, including a $100,000 demand with $30,000 paid and a $150,000 demand paid via Mercado Pago.
- Key evidence in the file included WhatsApp chat captures and audio messages, electronic transfer receipts, witness statements, social work reports and administrative records from the provincial Ministry of Education.
- The ruling imposes protective and supervisory measures that require the teacher to register a residence and contact number, present quarterly to the court and stay at least 100 meters away from the victims.
- The case applies the charge of concusión, which means illicit exaction by a public official, and underscores how messaging apps and fintech records can enable criminal accountability for school staff and shape administrative oversight.