Justice suspects that the bribery and fraud scheme does not end with the current lines, but could extend to other crimes and those responsible, as revealed by the newspaper La Nación. In this context, the prosecutor's office is studying the role of the orthopedic clinics that supplied materials to ANDIS based on information obtained in a series of raids. The audio, in raw form, exposes the tensions between the different factions that orbit the central power.
Starting this week, the case will be in the hands of Ariel Lijo, who must decide whether he will maintain the delegation of the investigation to the prosecutor or assume it himself. With this investigative line, Justice seeks to obtain more data in that direction. At the same time, the evidentiary measures in the alleged money laundering continue, as the judge ordered the interrogation of suspected launderers, and the Public Ministry also participates in this aspect along with PROCELAC. In parallel, the focus remains on Droguería Suizo Argentina and the Kovalivker family. Although they have not been prosecuted for now, justice maintains a strong interest in their corporate communications. In addition, he will have to execute the order of the Federal Chamber to investigate if the corruption audios in ANDIS awarded to Spagnuolo, on which the complaint that originated this case is based, were manipulated, which could lead to the nullity of the case.
The case also touches on high-level politics. An audio from Pablo Atchabahian addressed to Calvete revealed an influence plot where a "Helvético" is mentioned, identified by Judge Casanello as Sebastián Nuner Uner, a high-ranking executive of Suizo Argentina. In that message, Atchabahian spoke of "aligning players" to avoid Spagnuolo's mistakes (referred to as "the bald one") and mentioned that the report would go to "Rioja", a nickname that investigators link to Eduardo "Lule" Menem. However, they have encountered serious technical difficulties: The empty phone: Jonathan Kovalivker provided a device with no content. The blocked cell phone: Emmanuel Kovalivker's phone remains under digital lock, as experts have not yet managed to breach its security. The US route: faced with the company's refusal to deliver corporate email keys, justice requested the information from providers in the United States, a bureaucratic procedure that usually takes months. Buenos Aires, December 15 (NA) – The corruption investigation in the National Agency for Disability (ANDIS) added new elements last week with the testimony of a witness with reserved identity and the progress on the network of orthopedic clinics and the alleged money laundering. The testimony of the protected witness became a key factor for Judge Sebastián Casanello to last week prosecute 19 people, including the former director of ANDIS, Diego Spagnuolo, and the lobbyist Miguel Calvete. In addition, the witness provided more clues to analyze the transactions that the investigators, led by prosecutor Franco Picardi, are working on. According to the investigation, Calvete not only acted as a manager, but also as an intermediary with the agency. In this regard, wiretaps suggest that Calvete guaranteed payments from the agency in exchange for returns from the companies.
