Overview
- Judge Sebastián Casanello begins three days of statements today with Miguel Ángel Calvete, identified by investigators as a para‑state operator who liaised between suppliers and ANDIS.
- Pablo Atchabahian was arrested at his home in Mendoza, remains under house arrest, and declined to testify after weeks evading investigators, with the court calling him a pivotal external decision‑maker.
- Fifteen suspects were summoned, including former ANDIS chief Diego Spagnuolo set to appear Wednesday and Daniel Garbellini on Thursday, while others face travel bans, asset freezes, and periodic check‑ins.
- The fiscal filing estimates ARS 48.783 billion affected through manipulated price competitions that limited bids to selected drug wholesalers such as Profarma, Génesis, New Farma, and Floresta, followed by sustained price hikes.
- Financial traces flagged movements to intermediaries Alan Pocoví and Sergio Mastropietro and to aviation firms Baires Jets and Baires Fly, as the government downplays political exposure and distances senior officials.