Overview

• Federal Oral Court No. 7 found former planning minister Julio De Vido guilty of administration fraud and imposed a four-year prison term.
• Roberto Baratta received three years and six months in prison, while Nicolás Dromi was given a three-year suspended sentence.
• Judges Enrique Méndez Signori, Germán Castelli and Fernando Canero delivered the verdict on September 30 after virtual proceedings conducted via Zoom.
• Prosecutors Fabiana León and Nicolás Codromaz had sought longer terms, including four years and eight months for De Vido and four years and six months for Baratta, with about four years for Dromi.
• The case examined alleged overpricing and payments to intermediaries, including YPF and Dromi-linked firms Diligentia and Dysan, with accusations that more than US$5.5 million was unnecessarily paid in the purchase of eleven LNG cargoes.