Overview
- Police carried out early-morning searches at the BCRA headquarters on Reconquista 200 and at homes of board members and inspectors across Greater Buenos Aires.
- Federal Court No. 11, led by Judge Sebastián Casanello, authorized the operation executed by the City Police’s Organized Crime Investigations unit.
- Warrants called for seizing phones, laptops, computers, digital storage devices, specific documentation, and any cash located at targeted sites.
- The spin-off investigation examines possible irregular dollar trades in the informal market that could connect Piccirillo to central bank officials, with the origin of the funds under scrutiny.
- Piccirillo is already charged in a separate case involving alleged extortion and fraud, and authorities say the current inquiry is ongoing with no findings yet on BCRA officials’ involvement.