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ANDIS Corruption Probe Advances as Court Orders Verification of Contested Audios

A ten-business-day deadline now requires Judge Sebastián Casanello to define the procedural status of the case’s principal defendants.

Overview

  • Investigators say the case will continue while the court verifies the origin and authenticity of recordings attributed to former ANDIS chief Diego Spagnuolo.
  • The Federal Chamber set aside a prior ruling that rejected a nullity request and instructed the judge to clarify questions about the audios without halting the investigation.
  • A divided appellate decision noted the recordings contain precise details that cannot be ignored, though one judge backed the view that mere hypotheses of illegality do not sink the case.
  • The first round of 15 indagatorias concluded with most suspects declining to testify, triggering the ten-business-day clock for rulings on Spagnuolo, Miguel Ángel Calvete and Pablo Atchabahian.
  • Prosecutor Franco Picardi and the UIF are pursuing alleged illicit association and money-laundering lines, with new summonses in preparation and defenses arguing the audios were illegally obtained or AI-manipulated.