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Judge Orders New Raids at ANDIS and Suizo Argentina in Disability Bribery Probe

Investigators seek records tied to alleged kickbacks in state disability drug purchases.

Overview

  • The simultaneous searches, requested by prosecutor Franco Picardi and ordered by Judge Sebastián Casanello, are being executed by the City Police across all ANDIS offices and at Droguería Suizo Argentina.
  • The operation focuses on contracts referenced in leaked audios attributed to ex-ANDIS chief Diego Spagnuolo that describe Suizo Argentina collecting percentages and that mention Karina Milei, Eduardo “Lule” Menem, and the businessmen Jonathan and Emmanuel Kovalivker.
  • Forensic analysts reported deleted messages on Spagnuolo’s phone, while Cellebrite informed prosecutors it cannot currently unlock Emmanuel Kovalivker’s latest-model Samsung, with Jonathan Kovalivker’s device also still inaccessible.
  • Judge Casanello lifted banking and tax secrecy for Spagnuolo and the Kovalivker brothers, after prior raids linked to the case turned up US$266,000 and seven million pesos in cash in Nordelta.
  • Spagnuolo formally appointed Juan Aráoz de Lamadrid and Ignacio Rada Schultze as his defense, as authorities continue examining seized computers and boxes of documents under judicial secrecy.