Overview
- The unanimous verdict from Tribunal Oral Federal 1 in Comodoro Py halted a merits review of the allegations.
- Ex cabinet chiefs Aníbal Fernández and Jorge Capitanich were cleared along with 12 others, and a 456 million peso forfeiture request was denied.
- The panel found the prosecution failed to properly motivate its conclusions, did not individualize alleged crimes, and arbitrarily weighed evidence.
- Written reasons will be issued on March 11, after which prosecutor Miguel Ángel Osorio may seek review by the Cámara Federal de Casación Penal.
- The case began with a 2014 complaint over alleged diversion of program funds from 2009 to 2015, centered on postdated AFA checks discounted at financial cooperatives.