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Judge Orders New Raids in ANDIS Kickback Probe, Lifts Bank Secrecy for Spagnuolo and Kovalivker Brothers

Investigators widened the probe to trace alleged payoffs through bank and tax records after fresh evidence was seized in raids.

Overview

  • Police conducted coordinated searches at all ANDIS offices and at Droguería Suizo Argentina, targeting contracts and paperwork tied to alleged bribe payments.
  • Judge Sebastián Casanello, at prosecutor Franco Picardi’s request, lifted banking and fiscal secrecy for Diego Spagnuolo and Jonathan and Emmanuel Kovalivker and ordered blocks on access to safe‑deposit boxes.
  • Forensic teams reported deleted messages on Spagnuolo’s phone, while specialists—including Cellebrite—said they cannot currently unlock at least one recent‑model Samsung seized from Emmanuel Kovalivker.
  • Earlier searches of Kovalivker properties yielded cash seizures reported as US$266,000 and seven million pesos, alongside multiple phones and documents taken for analysis.
  • Spagnuolo formally named Juan Aráoz de la Madrid and Ignacio Rada Schultze as his defense lawyers as media report he may consider cooperating, and President Javier Milei publicly rejected the allegations and vowed legal action.