Overview

• Federal prosecutor Agustín Chit upgraded the accusation to "contrabando simulado en concurso real," a more severe charge with harsher penalties.
• A new formalization hearing is set for November 4, when Olguín and her defense must respond to the reclassified allegation.
• The case began after Tucumán governor Osvaldo Jaldo reported his CUIT was used without authorization for international purchases shipped to Buenos Aires’ Núñez neighborhood.
• Authorities documented at least five transactions between September and October 2024 using CUITs of five governors — Jaldo, Axel Kicillof, Sergio Ziliotto, Marcelo Orrego and Rogelio Frigerio — causing a fiscal loss of more than US$1,200.
• During questioning, Olguín admitted using third-party data chosen at random online to evade customs restrictions, and she was processed without preventive detention in May by Judge Juan Manuel Díaz Vélez.