Overview
- Questionings began in federal court as Miguel Ángel Calvete appeared before Judge Sebastián Casanello and refused to testify.
- Judge Casanello rejected a detention request for former ANDIS chief Diego Spagnuolo but kept his summons for Wednesday, with 15 people cited in total.
- Pablo Atchabahian, an ex-ANDIS official named in chats and internal records, was arrested and remains under house arrest after declining to give a statement.
- Prosecutor Franco Picardi’s 276‑page filing estimates ARS 48.783 billion in tainted operations, alleging SIIPFIS manipulation and reduced competitions that steered over 93% of awards to Profarma and Génesis, with New Farma and Floresta acting as foils.
- Economy Ministry official Ornella Calvete resigned after investigators seized roughly US$700,000 from her home in October, an incident referenced in the case file.