Gustavo Arribas | |
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![]() In 2015 | |
Director-General of the Federal Intelligence Agency of Argentina | |
In office 10 December 2015 –10 December 2019 | |
President | Mauricio Macri |
Preceded by | Oscar Parrilli |
Succeeded by | Cristina Caamaño |
Gustavo Arribas was the Director-General of the Federal Intelligence Agency of Argentina. He was appointed to the position in December 2015.
Prior to heading the Federal Intelligence Agency,Arribas was an agent and broker for professional soccer players. [1] [2]
Arribas was accused by Brazilian police of receiving $850,000 through a money-laundering scheme. [1]
Arribas was also investigated for possibly accepting a bribe of $600,000 from Odebrecht in 2013. [3]
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