Overview
- Judge Leandro Lazzarini ordered preventive detention for Matías Nicolás De La Peña, 37, after four women testified about severe economic and emotional harm.
- The Fiscalía calculates alleged losses at 70,756,940.37 pesos across four cases involving loans, credit cards, and bank accounts opened with victims’ data.
- Investigators say the detainee tried to communicate from custody using an unauthorized phone, prompting a search that seized 32 devices at Seccional 7ma.
- Asuntos Internos found the phones unsecured in offices and flagged a staffer with an undeclared handset, and messages were traced to a Facebook profile linked to another inmate.
- Prosecutors are also checking for a possible fifth victim, while noting an expected prison sentence exposure and ongoing risks of interference in the case.