ating ▁alleg ations ▁of ▁fra ud , ▁money - la und ering ▁and ▁illegal ▁en rich ment ." ▁The ▁Econom ist ▁noted ▁that ▁President ▁Fernández ' s ▁clos eness ▁to ▁the ▁Association ▁of ▁M oth ers ▁risk ed ▁" be coming ▁an ▁embar rass ment ". ▁ ▁S iem ens ▁case ▁( 2 0 1 1 ) ▁The ▁Argent ine ▁Sec ur ities ▁and ▁Exchange ▁Commission ▁( CN V ) ▁charged ▁former ▁S iem ens ▁execut ives ▁with ▁b rib ing ▁two ▁consecutive ▁Argent ine ▁pres idents ▁– ▁Carlos ▁Men em ▁and ▁Fernando ▁de ▁la ▁R ú a ▁– ▁with ▁$ 1 0 0 ▁million ▁to ▁secure ▁a ▁contract ▁for ▁a ▁$ 1 ▁billion ▁national ▁ID ▁card ." ▁Kurt z ▁concluded . ▁" If ▁the ▁football ▁feder ation ▁la und ers ▁money , ▁if ▁ 1 3 , 0 0 0 ▁police ▁officers ▁can ▁be ▁arrested ▁for ▁cr imes , ▁and ▁if ▁ 6 0 % ▁of ▁Argent ines ▁in ▁a ▁national ▁survey ▁believe ▁they ▁can ▁pay ▁law ▁enfor cement ▁officials ▁to ▁avoid ▁inf ra ctions , ▁this ▁society ' s ▁problems ▁might ▁run ▁deeper ▁than ▁mere ▁techn ocr atic ▁adjust ment ." ▁ ▁Ralph ▁La uren ▁( 2 0 1 3 ) ▁In ▁April ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁Ralph ▁La uren ▁paid ▁$ 1 . 6 ▁million ▁to ▁the ▁SE C ▁to ▁sett le ▁alleg ations ▁that ▁it ▁b rib ed ▁Argent ine ▁custom s ▁officials ▁$ 5 8 0 , 0 0 0 ▁in ▁c ash ▁between ▁ 2