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Diego Topa Reveals He Was a Victim of Enrique Blaksley’s Ponzi Scheme

Courts found the Hope Funds operator guilty of running a Ponzi scheme that swindled more than 300 investors.

Overview

  • Speaking on Mitre Live, children’s TV host Diego Topa said he was defrauded after paying in full for two lots tied to Enrique Blaksley’s ventures.
  • Topa described years of litigation and said he has moved on, noting he continued working and later bought a new home and started his family.
  • Media highlighted that Blaksley is the uncle of LAM panelist Pepe Ochoa, a family link Topa said he did not know.
  • Blaksley, dubbed the “Argentine Madoff,” received an eight-year sentence for leading an illicit association, committing hundreds of frauds, and laundering money through Hope Funds.
  • Judicial records describe a Ponzi-style scheme that took more than 185 million pesos from over 300 investors, and reports say he currently serves house arrest with an ankle monitor in Tigre under a 380 million–peso bond as other public figures affected largely stay silent.