Overview

• Federal agents seized USD 80,000 and EUR 2,000 from a BBVA Francés safe‑deposit box in Diego Spagnuolo’s name during synchronized raids ordered by prosecutor Franco Picardi and handled by Judge Sebastián Casanello.
• Political consultant Fernando Cerimedo gave a spontaneous multi‑hour statement ratifying the leaked audios attributed to Spagnuolo, after which investigators checked logs at the ex‑official’s Pilar residence and a property tied to former deputy Daniel Garbellini.
• Spagnuolo’s defense lawyers, Juan Aráoz de Lamadrid and Ignacio Rada Schultze, resigned from his representation hours after the searches.
• Investigators are testing a patrimonial gap—Spagnuolo declared US$25,000 upon taking office—while advancing financial forensics that include lifted bank and tax secrecy and freezes on safe‑deposit boxes linked to the Kovalivker family’s supplier Suizo Argentina.
• The inquiry remains under secreto de sumario until September 19 with no formal charges filed, and prosecutors are weighing potential illicit‑enrichment and procurement‑overpricing counts; Clarín reports USD 260,000 was previously seized from Emmanuel Kovalivker’s vehicle.