From Inés Gómez Mont to Belinda: 5 celebrities who have been in the sights of the SAT

Over the years, some celebrities have had some problems with the Tax Administration Service (SAT), whether through money laundering or trying to evade taxes, on several occasions they come to an arrangement to pay all the money they owe and in the worst case they have ended up being sought by the Mexican authorities.

As public figures, their cases come to light much more easily and have sometimes led them to become fugitives from justice. Therefore, at Infobae Mexico we recall some cases of some celebrities who have had problems with this decentralized autonomous body of the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP).

The controversial host, who is back in Mexico to collaborate with Grupo Imagen on its new program, ¡Qué pasen Laura! , starting next Monday, April 18, throughout 2021, a complicated year passed after the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic (FGR) will issue an arrest warrant in against you for tax irregularities with the SAT.

Bozzo sold a property that was seized by the Tax Administration Service and which guaranteed the payment of a debt of 13 million 769 thousand pesos.

As of August 11, 2021, when the pre-trial detention order was published, Laura had 48 hours to report to Santiaguito Prison, Almoloya de Juárez; however, the former Televisa and TV Azteca presenter ignored it until the Mexican Prosecutor's Office asked the Office of the International Police (Interpol) turn a red tile against Bozzo.

Another of the personalities who was recently linked to the Tax Administration Service, was the interpreter of A mor at first sight. In December 2021, according to a publication in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF), Belinda has a debt with the SAT of 7.2 million pesos.

In March of this year, Belinda became trending on social media after President Andrés Manuel López Obrador confirmed that Christian Nodal's former partner was facing trial with the SAT for alleged tax evasion, but rejected the possibility of prosecution against them.

Two of the most important presenters of the last decade on Mexican television have been linked, respectively, to severe crimes involving money laundering or tax evasion.

Former Ventaneando host Ines Gomez Mont and her husband, Victor Alvarez Puga, currently have an arrest warrant against them for money laundering and diversion of public resources and were allegedly part of a select group of Juan Collado's friends, so they could also be arrested for fraud.

According to the authorities, it would be an alleged network of shell companies that used as invoicing companies, a business that the Álvarez Puga brothers had learned for a few years from Sergio Castro, who started subcontracting systems in Petroleos Mexicanos.

For her part, the host of Hoy, in 2011, brought legal proceedings against the driver and actress for alleged tax evasion of 3 million pesos. However, the presenter addressed the matter and managed to reach a reparatory agreement a few months later.

Likewise, the Televisa presenter was part of a list by the civil organization Fundar where they detailed some Mexican celebrities who they benefited from tax forgiveness, there it was verified that the histrionist also had three write-offs and these operations saved 455,908 pesos in 2010; 296,742 in 2011 and 663,711 in 2013.

Finally, the interpreter of N i una sola palabra has a long history of problems with the tax authorities in Mexico that began from 2002 to the present day.

In 2002, the SAT required the payment of taxes owed by the singer or would seize the equivalent assets. A year later, a legal battle began that would last until 2006, when their bank accounts and properties were seized.

The lawsuit lasted until 2006, when the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation rejected Rubio's claims and determined that he must pay 5 million 847,000 pesos. The most recent case was in 2019, when the Golden Girl benefited from a single tax forgiveness, which saved her payment of 23 million 740,729 pesos in 2007.

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