An official posed as an Uber driver to commit abuse

An official from Entre Ríos was denounced for having impersonated a uber app driver, with the aim of abusing a young woman in the city of Paraná. The denounced, Fernando Cavigliahe served as Secretary of Industry and Foreign Trade of the province, and resigned at the request of the governor Gustavo Bordet.

“On Tuesday, July 18, 2023, my cousin asked for an Uber to return home, the usual thing that women do because it is supposedly safer. Unfortunately, she ran into this driver, ”a relative of the alleged victim recounted in an Instagram post.

And he added: “Upon arriving at the place, the guy tells him his first and last name, as it appeared in the application and gets in the car. On the way the driver cancels the trip. It caught her attention and she felt alert as she realized that she had strayed from the destination listed on the app. The driver insisted on taking her to her apartment, locked her doors and took her around the city, depriving her of her liberty for several hours.”

The car registered in the application, and that was used for the alleged assault, was a white Toyota, Etios model. Justice is now investigating whether the same vehicle was driven by the Fernando Cavigliawhoused another Uber identity and another person’s user.”

Complaint

Fernando Caviglia replied that he was surrounded by his lawyers and that he would meet with the governor later to clarify the situation. But minutes later it was known, from the executive power of Entre Ríos, that the same governor Gustavo Bordet He had asked for his resignation. The 4th police station from the Entre Ríos area confirmed to the news portals that the complaint is based in their jurisdiction and that intervention was given to the Gender UFIby the doctor Fernanda Ruffatti.

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