▁US $ 5 0 ▁million ▁tax ▁deb t , ▁including ▁interest , ▁would ▁result . ▁ ▁There ▁were ▁ 2 5 ▁public ▁cases ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁in ▁which ▁former ▁and ▁current ▁government ▁officials ▁were ▁accused ▁of ▁ill ic it ▁en rich ment . ▁In ▁September ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁Ric ardo ▁Ja ime , ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁Kirch ner ' s ▁Transport ation ▁Secretary , ▁was ▁given ▁a ▁six - month ▁susp ended ▁sentence ▁on ▁charges ▁of ▁with hold ing ▁evidence ▁in ▁a ▁case ▁of ▁un just ▁en rich ment . ▁O mb ud s man ▁Edu ardo ▁Mond ino ▁told ▁U . S . ▁Amb assador ▁Earl ▁Anthony ▁Wayne ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁about ▁alleg ations ▁that ▁the ▁Argent ine ▁government ▁charged ▁a ▁ 1 5 % ▁commission ▁on ▁all ▁private ▁international ▁contract s , ▁and ▁wanted ▁Wayne ▁to ▁help ▁find ▁out ▁whether ▁the ▁ear nings ▁were ▁being ▁depos ited ▁in ▁a ▁U . S . ▁bank . ▁A ▁German ▁CE O ▁also ▁told ▁Pl anning ▁Minister ▁Jul io ▁De ▁V ido ▁that ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁latter ' s ▁a ides ▁had ▁asked ▁him ▁for ▁a ▁b ri be . ▁ ▁Pat ron age ▁jobs ▁As ▁an ▁example ▁of ▁Argent ine ▁political ▁cor ruption , ▁Br ink ▁Lind sey ▁of ▁the ▁Wall ▁Street ▁Journal ▁has ▁noted ▁that ▁T uc um án ▁Province ' s ▁public ▁sector ▁has ▁been ▁used ▁almost ▁exclus ively ▁to ▁en rich ▁polit icians ▁and ▁fund ▁patron age ▁jobs . ▁Elect ed