Overview

• Fernando Cerimedo, a La Libertad Avanza adviser, testified at Comodoro Py before federal prosecutor Franco Picardi about the ANDIS bribery probe.
• Under oath he said former ANDIS chief Diego Spagnuolo spoke to him about corruption and kickbacks tied to purchases involving Suizo Argentina SA.
• Cerimedo denied recording Spagnuolo or leaking the audios that triggered the case and noted he was not in a café like the background heard on the clips.
• Investigators consider the leaked audios an initial lead rather than formal evidence as they continue gathering documents and digital data.
• The Kovalivker family’s defense moved to nullify the case over an allegedly illicit recording, and the secrecy order is set to expire in a week as Spagnuolo weighs cooperating.