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Tucumán Federal Court Convicts Former UNT Leaders Over YMAD Funds, Sentences Ex-Rector to 3 Years and 6 Months

The verdicts follow a years-long probe into the diversion of mining profits from the Ciudad Universitaria mandate.

Juicio oral por los fondos de Agua de Dionisio para la Universidad de Tucumán.
La UNT. (Gentileza La Gaceta)
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Overview

  • Ex rector Juan Alberto Cerisola was found guilty of breach of duties and coauthor of fraud and received three years and six months in prison with perpetual disqualification from public office.
  • Former construction chief Olga Cudmani got three years and two months, ex contracting director Osvaldo Venturino received a two-year suspended term, and former subsecretary Luis Fernando Sacca was acquitted.
  • The court ordered financial reparations, including a $39,277,376 payment by Cerisola and Cudmani to be updated by the inflation index, plus an additional sum from Cudmani and Venturino tied to a specific project.
  • Judges denied the prosecution’s request for preventive detention, so those convicted remain free while their expected appeals move forward.
  • The case centered on a 2007–2008 decision that cut the legally designated 40% of YMAD profits for the university and redirected funds away from finishing the Ciudad Universitaria, with separate discussions reported on restoring that allocation.