La Cutufa was an illegal Chile

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an a clandestine finance syndicate

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 (dubbed after a official's dog) that offered investors, mostly officers of the Chilean army

Chilean Army

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, tax-free interest rates of 20% a month. After a dissatified investor was murdered, 4 generals and 16 officers were cashiered and 200 sanctioned. According to the claimers, during its five years of operation, the army gang handled $50 million.

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• Article Rechnung ohne Witwe in German
  Germany
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   magazine Der Spiegel
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   on 26. November 1990, in German language, retrieved on 26. June 2011
• Article In Chile, Army Scandal May Damage Former Dictator Pinochet by Leslie Crawford in Chicago Tribune
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   on November 23, 1990, retrieved on 26 June 2011
• Article Profile: Chile Trying to Live With Democracy ... and Pinochet : The dictator turned over power last year but he still commands the army. He just won't go away in Los Angeles Times
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  by William R. Long, on February 5, 1991