The automotive businessman Cristiano Rattazzi was summoned for investigation in the framework of a case in which the alleged smuggling of high-end cars is being investigated, judicial sources reported this Thursday. The file, which is being processed before the Economic Criminal jurisdiction, began from a complaint filed by the National Customs Directorate and has to do with vehicles documented in the name of the firm Modena Auto Sport S.A. Combined, the fines sought by Customs exceed US$80 million. The investigations were ordered by Judge Alejandro Catania within the framework of a case in which an alleged fraudulent maneuver is being investigated in the importation of high-end automobiles from recognized international brands such as Ferrari, Maserati, Porsche, Lamborghini and Rolls Royce. Rattazzi's call, scheduled for November 23 at 9:30, is one of the seven inquiries called within the framework of this investigation, as Télam learned. Also summoned are businessman Julio César De Marco, from the firm Modena Auto Sport S.A., and Gonzalo César De Marco, for November 21 at 8:30. For the following days, in addition to Rattazzi, Claudio Javier San Pedro, Juan Ramiro Bartolome, Hugo Antonio Caviglia, Luis Malek Fara and Leandro Luis Fara, all linked to the Modena Auto Sport dealership, were summoned. The object of the investigation is delimited “by the smuggling of imports of high-end vehicles, among which are vehicles from recognized international brands such as Maserati, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Rolls Royce, and Porsche, documented in the name of the car dealership.” “luxury property investigated,” the sources explained. The maneuver would have consisted of accompanying the imports with invoices in which the basic value of the imported vehicles was stated, in order to pay less taxes on these operations. The investigators detected “the existence of other invoices for higher amounts for identical vehicles that included additional concepts invoiced by foreign suppliers, which make up the final value of the merchandise entered into the country,” explained the sources consulted. In the same case, the importation of a vehicle documented by an import clearance in which merchandise would have been declared “unused” is being investigated, when in reality it would be used -according to the mileage of the vehicle-, to avoid the prohibition of bringing used vehicles.