Overview
- The Sala IV panel of Mariano Borinsky, Gustavo Hornos and Diego Barroetaveña rejected appeals from Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Lázaro Báez seeking to move the process to civil courts or TOF 4, affirming TOF 2’s jurisdiction.
- The forfeiture totals ARS 684,990,350,139.86 and will be executed with the intervention of prosecutors Diego Luciani and Sergio Mola.
- Casación characterized the measure as a criminal sanction designed to strip illicit gains, not a civil damages action, underscoring its central role in corruption cases.
- The decision followed a request by prosecutor Mario Villar to avoid delays, with the amount grounded in findings of bid manipulation and overpricing in public works.
- With voluntary payment not made, TOF 2 is authorized to advance asset seizures, and the court endorsed updating the figure by the consumer price index over defense objections.