Overview
- Fernando Cerimedo told prosecutors that former ANDIS chief Diego Spagnuolo said he had informed President Javier Milei and Human Capital Minister Sandra Pettovello about alleged kickbacks tied to medicine purchases.
- According to Cerimedo’s account, Milei reacted with indignation, and Spagnuolo said the matter had already been raised with Pettovello.
- The testimony attributes coordination of the alleged returns scheme to Eduardo “Lule” Menem and cites a supplier message that “now it’s 8% because 3 goes directly to Rosada,” with references to Suizo Argentina.
- Prosecutors are sharpening reviews of supplier contracts and financial trails following earlier raids, device forensics and the seizure of about $80,000 and €2,000 from Spagnuolo’s safe deposit box.
- Spagnuolo’s legal status remains unresolved and no indictments of the named political figures have been reported, while Cerimedo also described being dropped from a Congress event by an order he says came from Lule Menem.