Overview
- National deputy Manuel Quintar says he paid US$285,000 in 2025 for a Tesla Cybertruck that never arrived, which led him to file a criminal complaint in Pilar.
- Police raids in northern Greater Buenos Aires seized and embargoed 19 high-end vehicles valued at more than US$1.2 million to secure assets tied to the case.
- Investigators briefly detained the dealership’s owners, then searched a site in Del Viso after detecting vehicles and goods being moved there.
- The case is handled by UFI No. 2 of Pilar with oversight from San Isidro’s Guarantee Court No. 6 and is labeled suspected fraud and illicit association.
- Prosecutors are mapping possible additional victims and tracking assets, and Quintar has not recovered the US$285,000 he paid.