9 ▁million ▁redis count ▁from ▁the ▁Central ▁Bank ▁four ▁days ▁before ▁his ▁bank ▁col lapsed ▁and ▁had ▁a ▁US $ 2 6 ▁million ▁tax ▁deb t ▁cond oned ▁despite ▁fle eing ▁the ▁country ; ▁and ▁Ban co ▁Vel ox ▁( 2 0 0 2 ), ▁whose ▁own ers , ▁the ▁Pe ir ano ▁B asso ▁brothers , ▁transferred ▁US $ 8 0 0 ▁million ▁in ▁depos its ▁to ▁a ▁C ay man ▁Islands ▁off sh ore ▁bank , ▁leading ▁to ▁the ▁ins ol ven cy ▁of ▁Vel ox , ▁Ban co ▁A lem án ▁( Par agu ay ), ▁and ▁Ban co ▁Monte video ▁( U ruguay ). ▁With ▁the ▁exception ▁of ▁Rub én ▁Ber aja ▁( who ▁is ▁Jewish ), ▁the ▁chair men ▁involved ▁in ▁each ▁of ▁these ▁bank ▁col laps es ▁were ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁right - wing ▁Roman ▁Catholic ▁group , ▁Op us ▁De i . ▁ ▁Another ▁major ▁category ▁of ▁cor ruption ▁has ▁been ▁money ▁la und ering . ▁In ▁a ▁March ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁cable , ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Emb ass y ▁in ▁Buenos ▁Aires ▁reported ▁on ▁the ▁controvers y ▁over ▁Argentina ' s ▁new ▁tax ▁am n esty ▁law ▁and ▁alleg ations ▁by ▁opposition ▁polit icians ▁that ▁it ▁facil it ates ▁money ▁la und ering . ▁The ▁Fin an cial ▁Action ▁Task ▁Force ▁( F AT F ) ▁had ▁told ▁the ▁Argent ine ▁press ▁that ▁" It ' s ▁not ▁enough ▁to ▁have ▁a ▁good ▁law , ▁you ▁have ▁to ▁apply ▁it ."