Twelve years were agreed in the truce of Antwerp between Spain and the United Provinces of the Netherlands to stop the Eighty Years' War. Twelve were also the years of the Civil War of El Salvador between 1980 and 1992. In twelve years Argentina played in four World Cups: Korea - Japan, Germany, South Africa and Brazil. That was the same time it took to convict two businessmen of the Public Sector for property damage.

It all began in 2002 when the firm bought ALTEC State Society that covers 42 electric carts and 40 batteries for $ 18,295 and $ 29,621 respectively. The following year, the same company that is dedicated to developing technology products for the public sector, traffic and transport, purchased 6000 adhesive safety stickers polycarbonate for $5000.

However, although these amounts were paid to its supplier, Lincan Ray, "never received the goods confirmed, nor ever entered the heritage of the company." That is, they spent $ 53 thousand dollars for products that never came.

This follows a ruling by the Watchdog, approved in August 2014, which also details that is was not observed that the company has started "no administrative procedure".

In this situation, the Court of Auditors decided to declare Rio Negro, twelve years after the fact, the President and General Manager of ALTEC SA as "responsible for the financial damage caused to the company and therefore the provincial government and sentenced to pay $138,934 in principal and interest" until 28 August this year, the date of the judgment.