Despite their efforts to distract the public with a costly and efficient communication campaign, Sascha Fitness cannot hide the ties to the corruption of her father-in-law and financier, Waldo Ordoñez Matheus, father of her husband Andrés Ordoñez Matos.
She also cannot mask her expertise in “double play”: colluding with both chavismo and the opposition. Her relationship with Eduardo Álvarez, former president of the Venezuelan Olympic Committee and former Minister of Sports, is well documented. They engaged in lucrative business during the 2007 Copa América for stadium construction, and she is now appearing as a contractor for the municipality of Alberto Adriani (El Vigia) in Mérida state.
In a news report published on the municipality’s website, on February 27 of this year, a contract for asphalt paving was announced “to improve the road conditions” of the municipality, without specifying a concrete plan, cost, or duration. A photo was published on the site showing Waldo Ordoñez, president of Pavimentadora Onica, signing the contract alongside the mayor, Lisandro Segura, of Acción Democrática.
Waldo Ordoñez, father-in-law of Sascha Fitness, signing a contract with the mayor of El Vigia
Months later, on April 3, in light of the failure to complete works by Pavimentadora Onica, the mayor used his radio program “Conversando con Lisandro” to justify to his partner that “the resurfacing and patching plan being executed in the municipality is temporarily suspended due to the internal process that state-owned Petróleos de Venezuela S.A (Pdvsa) is undergoing, and since it is the only company responsible for the production and distribution of asphalt cement, it has not been possible to supply the material to Onica, the contractor of the project.” During the same broadcast, the mayor stated that Waldo Ordoñez informed him that “Pdvsa would be responding in the coming days, so we expect to start resurfacing in about 10 days.”
This raises several questions: How can Sascha Fitness imply through her supporting accounts—since she has never addressed the case directly—that her father-in-law is no longer a government contractor when he has signed contracts with municipalities this same year? How can he not be an insider if he does business with PDVSA at one of the worst points in its history? How is it possible that her father-in-law had relations with PDVSA in February, before the PDVSA Cripto case broke out, and also in April, after the arrests? Who is Waldo Ordoñez communicating with at PDVSA given the complete purge of all managerial staff due to this case?
It is likely that Sascha Fitness, her husband, and her father-in-law will remain silent about these issues. Despite published evidence, they will choose silence.
Will Sascha Fitness also remain silent about the numerous lawsuits against her father-in-law for various unpaid debts in the TSJ? (See Proof 1, Proof 2, Proof 3, and Proof 4)? What about the farmers expelled from their lands in El Vigía? Or the fixed races at the Santa Rita racetrack in the 90s by Waldo Ordoñez and his stable “Lalo”? Or that this manipulation of horse racing continues now with his godson and protégé, Potro Álvarez?
This is a known practice of yours to attract attention. I hold you responsible for all the damage to the farm and for animal cruelty. The only thing you publish are lies. Get right and report to justice for investigation before resorting to your clichés.
— Waldo Ordoñez (@wordonezm) February 5, 2021
As long as these questions remain unanswered, Sascha Fitness’s followers will continue to benefit from receiving their cash gifts; the only effective method the influencer has found to divert attention from the dark origins of the money that underpins her empire.