Overview

• Lucas Domski asked to be excused from the oral trial after acknowledging an intimate friendship with defendant and former massista deputy Facundo Albini following a jail visit.
• Tribunal Oral Criminal No. 5 must appoint a replacement prosecutor, raising concerns about scheduling delays in the high-profile case.
• Civil watchdog Poder Ciudadano condemned Domski’s unsanctioned detention center visit as a breach of professional decorum that could warrant disciplinary action.
• Julio “Chocolate” Rigau and the Albini family are accused of leading a scheme that diverted at least ARS 395.4 million through ghost employees and multiple debit cards in the Buenos Aires legislature.
• Facundo and Claudio Albini remain under house arrest with electronic monitoring and are alleged to have managed administrative aspects of the illicit financing network.