Overview

• The Procelac prosecutor told the court the State will drop the money‑laundering and illicit‑enrichment accusation against Luciano Ezequiel Bento and will ask for his acquittal.
• The request must be decided by Federal Oral Court No. 2, which is presided over by Judge Gretel Diamante.
• Charges remain against former judge Walter Bento, his wife Marta Boiza, and his eldest son Nahuel, including laundering counts and allegations that Walter led an illicit association that sold judicial favors.
• Prosecutors argued they proved an appreciable and unjustified patrimonial increase by Walter Bento and Boiza between 2005 and 2020 linked to the introduction of illicit proceeds into the legal economy.
• In closing their economic allegations, prosecutors estimated at least $1.7 million in bribes between 2010 and 2020 across roughly 10 payments and said defense presentations will begin next.