Argentina's Justice Department is investigating a major corruption case involving alleged overpricing and money laundering within the National Disability Agency (ANDIS), uncovering a true 'iron triangle'. The case centers on the alleged embezzlement from the state through the manipulation of purchases and irregular payments within the 'High-Cost, Low-Incidence Benefits and Supplies' (PACBI) program, which funds treatments and high-value medications for rare diseases. The criminal mechanism is described as a criminal association responsible for a corruption circuit benefiting certain laboratories and suppliers. At the center is businessman Miguel Ángel Calvete, identified as the main operator for drugstores and considered by investigators to be a 'para-state director of ANDIS'. He has high-level political ties and is close to the Caputo family. During a raid, $700,000 in cash was seized from Calvete's apartment. His daughter, Ornella, who did not formally belong to ANDIS but had access to the SIIPFIS system using a real employee's login, resigned from her position at the Ministry of Economics after being implicated. Chats between Ornella and her father reveal knowledge of negotiations with suppliers like Ortopedia Alemana. The prosecution interprets the scheme as exhibiting planning, opacity, and concealment. The Justice is now investigating the trail of the money and a possible money laundering circuit involving Sergio Mastropietro and the airline Baires Fly. Key figures in the case include Daniel María Garbellini (a close associate of Spagnuolo), Pablo Atchabahian (linked to Calvete and Genesis and New Farma pharmacies), Sergio Mastropietro (the main gear of the money laundering circuit), Javier Cardini (Ornella's partner and a high-ranking official), and Diego Orlando Spagnuolo (former director of ANDIS). A WhatsApp group named 'Grupo Museo', created in 2022, shows that Atchabahian was pushing to return to the agency, viewing ANDIS as a strategic space. The case leaves central questions unanswered: Who did the $700,000 really belong to, and what will be the political impact of the case on the government?
