2023-05-10 18:48:45
Four citizens who, through the seminars offered by the “influencer” Jorge Christian Batista Agront, known as Chris Agront, invested $244,000, filed complaints for illegal appropriation last Friday.
Chris Agront pleaded guilty on February 21 to four counts of tax evasion, and agreed with the Department of the Treasury to pay over $8.3 million and offer hours of community service to guide and educate on tax issues.
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“That if what I sell was music, I would be the Elvis of my industry,” he said.
On that occasion, the Department of Justice reported that “an investigative alliance between the Department of the Treasury and the Department of Justice exposed the pattern of evasion by Batista Agront, who owes the tax authorities around $7.6 million, including fines and penalties.” , for failing to comply with their duty to report more than $11 million in their Income Tax Returns, in their individual capacity and by their corporation JetTrades, LLC”.
On July 14, 2022, the Department of the Treasury proceeded once morest Chris Agront seizing a Mercedes Benz G550 from the year 2021, with a value of $239,884.00 and a Lamborghini Urus bus, from the year 2020, with a value of $349,599.00. Both vehicles have a value of $589,483.00. The vehicles were auctioned for around $500,000.
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The businessman reached an agreement with the Treasury
According to the Treasury, the 32-year-old young businessman has no history of filing individual Income Tax returns between 2017 and 2020, despite boasting a millionaire life, product of his work as a motivator and currency expert. . The deficiency amounts to $5,487,101.00. Batista Agront also did not comply with the payment of the contributions of his corporation JetTrades LLC, between the years 2018 and 2021, accumulating a total of untaxed income of $5,687,098.00. The total unreported income amounts to $11,045,684.00 and the total deficiency before the Department is $7,620,565.50.
The complaints on Friday were received by Sergeant Marcelino Valentín, supervisor of the San Juan Criminal Investigation Corps (CIC) and referred to the Fraud Unit of the Property Crimes Division.
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The Secretary of Finance, Francisco Parés Alicea, was satisfied with the result
Other citizens contacted the Police on Friday to find out, anticipating that more lawsuits will be filed.
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The Secretary of the Treasury Department, Francisco Parés Alicea, revealed that his agency seized the luxurious vehicles of the young man…
The plaintiffs invested amounts between $55,800 and $65,800 in the seminars offered by Chris Agront between February and November of last year, and never received the promised profits nor were they paid back.
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