In a case that combines confessions from repentant financiers, compromising audio recordings, and the use of hideouts for illegal operations, investigators are trying to determine the extent of complicity within the Central Bank (BCRA). Under the microscope of Judge Sebastián Casanello and prosecutor Franco Picardi, five high-ranking BCRA officials — currently in their positions but under internal investigation — have been accused after the seizure of their phones and computers. They are Diego Volcic, Analía Jaime, Romina García, Fabián Violante, and María Fernández, the Noticias Argentinas agency learned. The scandal's audios: "People on high are all in on it" The investigation accelerated after the release of recorded conversations between financiers Elías Piccirillo (ex-husband of Jésica Cirio) and Francisco Hauque. In the recordings, both casually admit to operations involving astronomical sums: Hauque demands a $6 million debt from Piccirillo for illegal profits. Buenos Aires, Jan 28 (NA) -- Federal justice is advancing on one of the most scandalous financial corruption suspicions in recent years: the multi-million-dollar "rulo" (scheme) with the blue dollar during the Alberto Fernández government. According to testimonies and repentant witnesses, part of that money would have been used to buy luxury cars, Rolex watches, and properties in Pinamar. A property that Piccirillo allegedly gave to Jésica Cirio just two days before their wedding is also being investigated. To try to silence Hauque, Piccirillo would have counted on the help of police officer Carlos Sebastián Smith (now repentant) to plant weapons and drugs on the financier. IP Connection of cases and judicial future While Casanello's court analyzes the content of the USB drives provided by police Smith, Judge María Servini is also processing a parallel case since 2023 for similar operations. The key to the case now lies in the unlocking of the seized phones, which could reveal who the "political bosses" were who gave the green light to the blue dollar party while the rest of the country suffered from the restrictions of the cepo (currency clamp). The justice system seeks to verify if both files belong to the same criminal organization. Meanwhile, the BCRA has opened an administrative summary to determine if those involved violated the Code of Ethics. Faced with the refusal to pay, Hauque threatened to report the scheme to the current government. In one of the recordings, BCRA inspector Romina García admits to Piccirillo that, during the previous administration, they internally reported the irregularities but no one acted because "there were people on high all in on it." The scheme: from hideouts to extreme luxury Justice suspects that financiers accessed dollars at the official price through fraudulent mechanisms to then dump them on the informal market, obtaining stratospheric profits.
