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Police Seize Spagnuolo’s Phone After Raids in ANDIS Kickback Probe

Leaked recordings alleging a kickback scheme tied to a major drug supplier set the investigation in motion.

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Overview

  • Judge Sebastián Casanello, acting on a request from fiscal Franco Picardi, ordered 14–15 raids at ANDIS, the Suizo Argentina drug distributor and multiple private homes.
  • Police located former ANDIS chief Diego Spagnuolo in Pilar and confiscated his cellphone for forensic analysis, with judicial sources indicating no detention orders.
  • Investigators in Nordelta found envelopes holding roughly US$200,000–US$240,000 in a vehicle linked to Suizo Argentina executive Emmanuel Kovalivker and seized his phone.
  • The case centers on audios attributed to Spagnuolo describing an alleged scheme to lift charges from “5” to “8” and a purported 3% cut for Karina Milei, with mentions of Eduardo “Lule” and Martín Menem.
  • The government removed Spagnuolo and installed Alejandro Vilches as interventor of ANDIS, while the court keeps the case under secrecy of sumario.