Federal Justice has decided to begin the opening of the servers and electronic devices of the executives of the Swiss Argentine drugstore, a fact that will be a key step in the investigation into alleged corruption, overpricing and kickbacks in the National Disability Agency (ANDIS). After the processing of the agency's director Diego Spagnuolo, the main devices to be examined are the mobile phones (cell phones and computers) of the brothers Jonathan and Emanuel Kovalivker, owners of the drugstore, in order to analyze chats and emails linked to tenders and contracts. According to what the Argentine News Agency learned, months ago, experts had reported certain difficulties in accessing one of the businessmen's phone due to the advanced technology of the device (a top-of-the-line Samsung), so specialized forensic software (Cellebrite) was used. To date, Judge Sebastián Casanello has ordered the prosecution of 19 people, in addition to Spagnuolo, on charges of 'illegal association and fraud against the public administration' with the objective of confirming or not whether the Kovalivker drugstore was the intermediary in the payment of bribes to secure multimillion-dollar contracts with the State. In parallel, the National Government decided the dissolution of the ANDIS and proposed a new structure with the functions absorbed by the Ministry of Health, where the new National Secretariat of Disability was created. The management of President Javier Milei argued that said transfer sought to guarantee 'transparency' and efficiency in the management of resources, after it was also accused of receiving bribes by the Secretary of the Presidency, Karina Milei, after some audios were made public that suggest what the percentages would have been that had as their final destination the president's sister. The President's innermost circle denies the involvement of the President's sister; however, Justice continues to analyze evidence that could link people of his trust, such as 'Lule' Menem, to the operational scheme, despite the fact that the members of La Libertad Avanza assure that they are not concerned about the investigations in this regard.
