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Judge Imposes Travel Bans as ANDIS Kickback Probe Seizes Phones and $266,000 in Raids

The investigation follows leaked audio attributed to ex-ANDIS chief Diego Spagnuolo that alleges a pay-to-play scheme linked to Suizo Argentina, naming presidential operators.

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Overview

  • Federal prosecutor Franco Picardi, under Judge Sebastián Casanello, led 14–15 raids on ANDIS, Droguería Suizo Argentina and multiple homes to seize devices and procurement records.
  • Police located Diego Spagnuolo in a gated community in Pilar, confiscated his cellphone for forensic examination and did not detain him.
  • In a Nordelta operation, officers seized US$266,000 and $7 million in cash from envelopes in Emmanuel Kovalivker’s vehicle, along with his phone and passport.
  • Casanello ordered prohibitions on leaving the country for Spagnuolo, Daniel Garbellini and Kovalivker family members as the case proceeds under secrecy of sumario.
  • The government dismissed Spagnuolo, placed ANDIS under intervention led by Alejandro Vilches and publicly distanced senior officials, with Chief of Cabinet Guillermo Francos declining to vouch for any official.