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Federal Appeals Court To Hear Nullity Challenges in ANDIS Bribery Probe on Tuesday

The review could determine whether Judge Sebastián Casanello’s rejection of defense nullity claims stands, setting the course of the sealed investigation.

Overview

  • The hearing is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. at the Comodoro Py courthouse in Buenos Aires.
  • Sala II, composed of judges Roberto Boico, Martín Irurzun and Eduardo Farah, will consider appeals from the Kovalivker family and former ANDIS head Diego Spagnuolo.
  • Defense filings argue the case stems from illegally obtained audio attributed to Spagnuolo, with the Kovalivkers’ lawyer alleging the recordings were adulterated or even AI-generated, and case documents note mentions of Suizo Argentina as well as Karina Milei and Eduardo “Lule” Menem.
  • Judge Casanello earlier dismissed the nullity motions as erroneous and designed to hinder an incipient probe, a view supported by federal prosecutor Franco Picardi.
  • Picardi previously sought 25 simultaneous searches over suspected steering in high‑cost medicine contracts, and the investigation remains under judicial secrecy.