 Feeling Walmart had had enough bad publicity in recent years, they allowed the investigation to be concluded by a short report from José Luis Rodríguezmacedo, the head of Walmart México, who had himself been suspected of involvement.It largely blamed Cicero, claiming he had fabricated the allegations to conceal his own embezzlement from the company with the help of the "gestores", one of whom was his wife's law partner.Some Walmart executives found the report incomplete and contradictory, but the investigation was closed.