Justice condemns Jorge Niemann, father of the famous golfer, for writing a fraudulent check

Complicated news shakes those around Joaquín Niemann. his father Jorge Niemann Uribe was found guilty of fraudulent check after a long dispute with the French company CAM Chile, according to the Financial Journal.

According to the aforementioned media, the story begins in 2014, when the businessman, who is also director of the Joaquín Niemann Foundation and advisor on commercial matters, purchased, through his company Diprel SpA, the sum of 340 million dollars from CAM Chile in items and supplies electrics to sell them in the country.

However, there were problems with payment and compliance with the contract, so CAM Chile and Niemann reached an amicable agreement for the cancellation of the more than $300 million owed. The businessman left 36 checks to “facilitate” the payment of the debt, in exchange for withdrawing from legal proceedings.

Despite this, CAM Chile continued this legal process in copper and Jorge Niemann ordered not to pay the documents, which gave rise to criminal and civil proceedings, which ended last week with the conviction for writing of repeated fraudulent checks for 541 days and incapacity to perform public functions against the golfer’s father, who agreed to an abbreviated procedure in court, thus avoiding a lengthy oral trial.

The plaintiff company, now called Equans Chile and represented by the law firm Abdala y Cía., had requested a sentence of five years and one day in prison. Of course, Niemann will have to report to the gendarmerie once a month, starting at the beginning of January.

“Regarding the civil suit, Niemann Uribe was sued in executive court and as guarantor and co-debtor for the sum of $227,220,915. plus readjustments, interest and fees for the extrajudicial transaction signed by his company which was violated,” reports the DF.

In this regard, there is already a first instance judgment that accepts the executive’s request, which was confirmed by the Santiago Court of Appeal. According to the latest credit regulation of October 2021, the credit currently amounts to the sum of $328,994,975, amount that has not been paid. There was indeed an attempt to garnish his income tax refund, but without success.

In any case, the plaintiffs will insist on collecting the million-dollar debt owed to them by the businessman.