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Verónica Acosta, a young mother from San Luis, Argentina, has found herself in legal trouble after receiving a large sum of money mistakenly deposited into her bank account. Instead of the child support payment she expected, she found herself with more than 510 million pesos, equivalent to about 1.8 billion Colombian pesos.
When she saw the amount, she thought it was a mistake by the bank and that it would be returned quickly. But since the money remained in the account, she decided to use some of it, saying she considered it a “gift from God” for her struggling family.
Verónica spent about 44 million pesos on household appliances, a television, a refrigerator, winter clothes, a new floor and even a car. She also made regular transfers to her relatives to help them. Later, all of the assets were confiscated by the police.
For her part, she insisted that she was never informed of the obligation to return the money before her arrest. She explained that her family is now even more affected because their accounts have been frozen and her children are afraid of seeing their mother taken away by the police.
Her lawyer, Hernán Echeverría, has said that she did not commit a crime because she did not cause the illegal transfer. He insisted that all the money has been returned and the government has recovered almost everything.
Verónica and six others now face charges of fraud, embezzlement and misuse of public funds, while insisting that the blame lies with the higher-ups and not with them.
When she saw the amount, she thought it was a mistake by the bank and that it would be returned quickly. But since the money remained in the account, she decided to use some of it, saying she considered it a “gift from God” for her struggling family.
Verónica spent about 44 million pesos on household appliances, a television, a refrigerator, winter clothes, a new floor and even a car. She also made regular transfers to her relatives to help them. Later, all of the assets were confiscated by the police.
For her part, she insisted that she was never informed of the obligation to return the money before her arrest. She explained that her family is now even more affected because their accounts have been frozen and her children are afraid of seeing their mother taken away by the police.
Her lawyer, Hernán Echeverría, has said that she did not commit a crime because she did not cause the illegal transfer. He insisted that all the money has been returned and the government has recovered almost everything.
Verónica and six others now face charges of fraud, embezzlement and misuse of public funds, while insisting that the blame lies with the higher-ups and not with them.
