Federal Justice in Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña dismissed accountant Walter Pasko and his brothers in an aggravated tax evasion case due to the Fiscal Innocence Law raising the minimum threshold for tax crimes. Pasko, however, remains prosecuted in the main 2022 case dubbed the “fake invoices mill” for fiscal illicit association and money laundering.
The Federal Court of Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña ruled the dismissal of accountant Walter Pasko, his brothers, and Tercer Norte SRL in an aggravated tax evasion probe. The ruling applied the tax criminal regime reform known as the “Fiscal Innocence Law”, enacted late 2025. This law raised the minimum amount for fake invoice evasion to qualify as a crime from $1.5 million to $100 million. The investigated maneuver totaled $62.8 million, below the new threshold, allowing retroactive application of the more lenient penal law and dismissal. This also dropped the illicit association charge in that file, as the core conduct ceased to be punishable. The main case, started in 2022 by federal prosecutor Patricio Sabadini, probes an alleged organization issuing fake invoices, called the “fake invoices mill”. Pasko remains prosecuted for fiscal illicit association and asset laundering at the Federal Oral Tribunal of Resistencia. Recently, the tribunal rejected a challenge from the Financial Information Unit (UIF) on incorporating other files, stating it only initiates an incident to assess relevance without automatically adding evidence. Pasko's defense filed a pending nullity motion. Thus, the two cases, linked to fake invoices, have distinct legal outcomes: dismissal in the 2024 case and ongoing proceedings in the 2022 one.
