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Judge Orders Preventive Detention for Lozoya’s Accountant in MXN 28.1 Million Tax Fraud Case

Investigators now have three months to test audit findings against his company records.

Overview

  • He was arrested on February 28 in Querétaro by federal ministerial police, with the detention publicly announced on March 3.
  • A control judge linked him to process for the tax fraud equivalent offense tied to ISR filings from 2014 to 2018 and ordered pretrial detention at Reclusorio Oriente.
  • Tax audits cite declared income just over MXN 34 million versus receipts above MXN 115 million, yielding an alleged shortfall of MXN 28,150,800.
  • Authorities describe him as the trusted accountant and financial operator for Emilio Lozoya and Marielle Helene Eckes, a shareholder in at least 19 companies, and the legal representative of Yacani.
  • The case stems from a 2020 fiscal discrepancy probe in which he failed to appear and was declared a fugitive, and the arrest is being folded into broader reviews potentially tied to Odebrecht and AHMSA.