Buenos Aires, November 19 (NA) — The former head of the National Disability Agency (ANDIS), Diego Spagnuolo, will give a statement on Wednesday in the case of alleged bribery requests within that agency. Prosecutor Franco Picardi will take his statement at 1 PM in Comodoro Py, as confirmed by judicial sources to the Argentine News Agency (NA).
Spagnuolo was called to give a statement last Friday by Prosecutor Picardi, who also summoned Pablo Atchabahian; Miguel Ángel Calvete, Daniel María Garbellini, Eduardo Nelio González, Lorena Di Giorno, Roger Edgar Grant, Luciana Ferrari, and Federico Maximiliano Santich, among others.
“ANDIS became an agency where there was a structured and sustained scheme of steering public contracts and, consequently, due to its characteristics, defrauding the national treasury, implemented through the use of the SIIPFIS computer system as a tool of apparent transparency,” the prosecutor added.
The case began when recordings emerged in which Spagnuolo allegedly claimed there was a bribery circuit surrounding the purchase of medications for people with disabilities, which led to his removal from office.
The judicial investigation focuses on the alleged bribes paid in connection with the purchase of medications for participants in the Incluir Salud program, aimed at people who receive non-contributory pensions and have medical coverage.
Spagnuolo's defense, led by lawyer Mauricio D'Alessandro, stated in a document filed last week that the recordings were not real and that he suspected artificial intelligence.
