(checking, savings or fixed-term accounts).233 In other words, these persons had not
given their consent or authorization for the transfer of the funds deposited in their
accounts by means of an investment administration contract or specific instructions. The
consent for successive transfers was derived merely from the fact that they had not
contested their statements, which contained information that, in many cases, the
petitioners argued was unclear and incomplete, because the identification of the
operation carried out was limited to indications such as the abbreviation “CD TCB.” With
the exception of one case,234 when granting probative value to uncontested statements
of account, the said administrative body made no mention of the legal grounds for its
decision. Similarly, the Court notes that, in the cases of at least five alleged victims,235
the Contentious-Administrative Tribunal proceeded in the same way, inferring consent
from the absence of objection to the statements, which also, in some cases, the
petitioners argued, did not contain clear and complete information on the operation
performed. For its part, the Contentious-Administrative Tribunal indicated that it was
applying article 35 of Law No. 6,895 of March 24, 1919, which establishes that, if a
client fails to comment on the statements sent to him, within 10 days of receiving them,
“it shall be considered that he accepts the accounts as presented, and their negative or
positive balances shall be final as of the date of the statement.”
233
Cf. the following cases of victims whose evidence is in the files attached to the State’s final written
arguments, attachments 2 and 3: López García, Manuel (File No. 2003/0719) (folios 22490 to 22493); Rey
Méndez, Wellington Manuel (File No. 2003/0715) (folios 22552 to 22554); Rodríguez López, Lilián (File No.
2003/0655) (folios 24531 to 24533); Poggio Odella, Elbio (File No. 2003/0597) (folios 24878 to 24880);
García Nogueira, Bernabé (File No. 2003/567) (folios 25830 to 25835); Leite, Carlos (File No. 2003/0518)
(folios 26280 to 26283); Álvarez Pirri, Esther (File No. 2003/0458) (folios 26406 to 26408); Reboa, Rosa
(File No. 2003/0451) (folios 26584 to 26588); Jorge Valiño (File No. 2003/0432) (folios 27075 to 27077);
Resala, Alberto (File No. 2003/0389) (folios 27737 to 27739); Symonds Herzog, Roberto (File No. 2003/0382)
(folios 27945 to 27947); Lanata Sanguinetti, Horacio (File No. 2003/0380) (folios 28047 to 28049); Martins
Romero, Joaquín (File No. 2003/0362) (folios 28529 to 28531); Pánfilo Pezzolano, Emilio (File No. 2003/0331)
(folios 28950 to 28953); Meerhoff, Enrique and González, María Cristina (File No. 2003/0301) (folios 29430
and 29431); Fontana, Alejandro (File No. 2003/0247) (folios 29810 to 29813); Castellano, Gabriel and
Saavedra María (File No. 2003/0243) (folios 29939 and 29943); Salamano, Carlos (File No. 2003/0649)
(folios 24703 and 24706): Prevettoni, Gabriela (File No. 2003/0482) (folios 30079 to 30081); Piñeyro
Castellanos, María Inés (File No. 2003/0480) (folios 30085 to 30087); Nario Alvarez, Alvaro (File No.
2003/0465) (folios 30108 to 30110); Ramos Echevarría, Magela (File No. 2003/0471) (folios 30097 and
30098); Castro Etchart, Gustavo (File No. 2003/0278) (folios 30135 to 30137); Caballero Lehite, Fernando
(File No. 2003/0613) (folios 30180 to 30182); Nozar Cabrera, Fernando (File No. 2003/0765) (folios 30284 to
30286); Di Salvo, Crimilda (File No. 2003/0929) (folios 30404 to 30406); Copello Ametrano, Jorge (File No.
2003/0860) (folios 30444 to 30446); Panella Castro, Cristina (File No. 2003/0783) (folios 30545 to 30548);
García Caban, Ricardo (File No. 2003/1049) (folios 30606 to 30608); Reino Berardi, Sebastián (File No.
2003/1033) (folios 30618 to 30620); Fernández Giordano, Graciela (File No. 2003/1016) (folios 30635 to
30637); Larrea, Alfredo (File No. 2003/0989) (folios 30672 to 30674); Pérez Bogao, Zulma (File No.
2003/0963) (folios 30710 to 30712); Abella De Marco, Rafael (File No. 2003/1407) (folios 31119 to 31121);
Gavioli, José (File No. 2003/1457) (folios 31022 to 31025); Roure Casas, Pablo (File No. 2003/1582) (folios
31305 to 31308); Pugliese, Héctor Mario and Pereyra Elsa (File No. 2003/1530) (folios 31332 to 31334); Gigli
Rodríguez, María Ivelice (File No. 2003/1494) (folios 31400 to 31402), and Wainstein Garfunkel, Alicia (File
No. 2003/0759) (folios 31439 and 31440).
234
Cf. Gavioli, José (File No. 2003/1457) (file of attachments to the State’s final written arguments,
volume II, attachment 3, folios 31022 to 31025).
235
Cf. Judgment No. 828 of the Contentious-Administrative Tribunal of December 13, 2006, in
proceedings entitled “Lijtenstein, Fabiana et al. v. the Central Bank of Uruguay. Appeal for annulment” (file of
attachments to the answer, volume V, attachment 27, folio 15068); Judgment No. 314 of the ContentiousAdministrative Tribunal of June 18, 2007, in proceedings entitled “Roure, Pablo v. the Central Bank of
Uruguay. Appeal for annulment” (file of attachments to the answer, volume VI, attachment 27, folios 15603 to
15609); Judgment No. 292 of the Contentious-Administrative Tribunal of June 6, 2007, in proceedings entitled
“Rodríguez, Marta v. the Central Bank of Uruguay. Appeal for annulment” (file of attachments to the answer,
volume VI, attachment 27, folios 15627 and 15628); Judgment No. 477 of the Contentious-Administrative
Tribunal of September 3, 2007, in proceedings entitled “Perles, Gisela v. the Central Bank of Uruguay. Appeal
for annulment” (file of attachments to the answer, volume V, attachment 27, folios 14871 to 14881), and
Judgment No. 315 of the Contentious-Administrative Tribunal of June 18, 2007, in proceedings entitled “Gigli,
María v. the Central Bank of Uruguay. Appeal for annulment” (file of attachments to the answer, volume V,
attachment 27, folios 15192 to 15199). In addition to the bank statements, in these cases the regularity and
the “high rates of interest” are also mentioned, information that is also evident from the bank statements.
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