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Argentina Recovers 1,800 Laptops for Students

Argentinian police have recovered a shipment of 1,800 laptops for a state education program after an investigation into a former employee's fraudulent activities.


Argentina Recovers 1,800 Laptops for Students

Police Security Airport (PSA) officers have recovered a shipment of 1,800 notebooks intended for the state program 'Conectar Igualdad' following simultaneous raids in Buenos Aires and the surrounding area. According to Noticias Argentinas, the investigation began after a complaint from the company that manufactures the computers, which detected a massive shortage during a stock control. The investigation quickly pointed to a former employee of the firm, who is now accused of the crime of 'fraudulent mismanagement'. The diversion to Hurlingham The Justice Department determined that during 2025, the suspect illegally dispatched the devices to two properties located in the Hurlingham district. As a result of the procedures, which included a raid on the suspect's home in the Federal Capital, ten pallets full of computers, as well as SIM cards, phones and key documents for the case were seized. The investigation is in the hands of UFI No. 02 of Ezeiza, under the orbit of prosecutor Carlos Hassan, who ordered the recovered equipment —which bear the legends of the Ministry of Education and the National Coat of Arms— to be returned to the company's logistics plant in the town of Carlos Spegazzini.