Overview
- Federal prosecutor Franco Picardi accuses Diego Spagnuolo and 14 others of steering contracts, manipulating bidding and inflating prices for medicines and supplies.
- Judge Sebastián Casanello ordered the detention of laboratory executive Pablo Atchabahian and imposed travel bans on the remaining suspects after broader arrests were requested.
- Spagnuolo appeared for his indagatoria in Buenos Aires as his lawyer said he would submit an expert analysis claiming the audios were manipulated with artificial intelligence.
- The probe began after recordings attributed to Spagnuolo referenced kickbacks “for the Presidency” and mentioned Karina Milei, who is not charged.
- Picardi estimates the scheme diverted roughly 43 billion pesos, and investigators have carried out raids that seized documents and mobile phones.