Lawyer Stephany Vega, former senior management advisor to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (PCM) and considered the interim president’s right hand José Jeríconfirmed this Monday that she is being investigated at the tax level for a complaint of money laundering related to the increase in her assets.
However, he denied having taken advantage of effective collaboration and stated that he will remain in the country to avoid speculation. “I am not an effective collaborator because I have not committed any crime. To be one, I have to accept that I have committed a crime and then provide information, and in none of those aspects am I,” she declared to the program. Beto to Know by Willaxin his first interview since leaving office.
Vega explained that he resigned to prioritize his “professional career and family” and acknowledged that, after the broadcast of reports on television, he faced internal suspicions of leaking information to the press. “As a result of the notes that happened precisely in the program, I was singled out, not to the president, but I did have many comments that told me that it was me,” she said.
Next, he stated that no irregular meetings occurred in Jerí’s office or in the presidential office, which he accessed after the vacancy of former president Dina Boluarte. “The president was not prepared to carry a team, (…) it hit him like a blow. The first week he practically did not sleep. He went out on the street, he left at dawn, everything is recorded. And the professionals who came from Congress accompanied him,” he said.
The complaint against Vega for money laundering is based on the acquisition of an apartment valued at $120,000 and Audi and BMW brand vehicles between 2023 and 2024. However, the lawyer stated that she can justify $60,000 in income that she has received “in all these years” thanks to resources from her Pension Fund Administrator (AFP) and a family loan.
He also said that the BMW was acquired after selling the Audi. Regarding a bar in Miraflores that also appears among her assets, she indicated that it was a venture carried out with her friends, two 18-year-old girls and daughters of an acquaintance in the sector. “They are the daughters of a friend. A great friend who had experience in nightclubs, bars, restaurants,” he said.
The lawyer came to the public eye in 2022 by participating in a clandestine party with the then congressman and current ruler. The digital medium The Focus He spread images of both at the Elephant bar, located on the well-known Calle de las Pizzas in Miraflores, Lima.
The event took place during a period of prohibition of gatherings involving several people, according to the regulations in force at that time. The investigation portal detailed that Vega accompanied Jerí to celebrate the birthday of a municipal official, a close friend of the former parliamentarian.
The videos revealed showed attendees consuming alcoholic beverages on a closed terrace, without complying with current health regulations, such as the use of masks or physical distancing. The Focus He indicated that the president verified the absence of known people in the premises before removing the mask and sitting with the then member of his team in Parliament.
Vega’s recent statements occurred a day before Congress debated a series of motions of censure that would lead to the dismissal of Jerí and a new presidential change in the country, the eighth in almost a decade, with less than two months left for the general elections.
Only Fujimorism, the largest party within the Peruvian chamber, maintained its explicit support for the now former ruler even when the Prosecutor’s Office has opened investigations for influence peddling, for allegedly having held clandestine meetings with Chinese businessmen who are contractors of the State and the office itself.
