Overview
- Prosecutor Guillermo Loyola formally charged Juan Andrés Zurvera, 31, with repeated fraud, usurpation of title and falsification of public documents.
- Judge Javier Bottero ordered preventive detention without a set term as the Rafaela MPA continues to take statements and add evidence.
- Zurvera allegedly targeted people with urgent legal needs, requested upfront fees for cases that were never filed and used fabricated court paperwork to simulate progress.
- Investigators verified about $18 million in client transfers between January and November 2025, within an alleged overall loss near $54 million and at least 10 counted acts.
- Records show he passed only 13 law exams despite claiming to be an attorney, while local Club Unión de Sunchales issued a statement distancing itself as victims report financial and emotional harm.