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Spagnuolo Faces Indagatoria as ANDIS Graft Probe Widens

Prosecutors allege a para‑state network steered high‑cost medicine purchases at the disability agency.

Overview

  • Former ANDIS director Diego Spagnuolo appears for questioning in Comodoro Py in a case alleging directed contracts, kickbacks and overpricing.
  • Miguel Ángel Calvete, identified by the prosecution as a central operator, appeared before Judge Sebastián Casanello and Prosecutor Franco Picardi and declined to testify.
  • The Federal Police executed a court‑ordered operation at Sur Finanzas in Adrogué to seize transfer records linked to alleged fund movements through the platform formerly known as Neblockchain.
  • Ornella Calvete resigned from the Economy Ministry after raids recovered nearly US$700,000 in cash at her home, with chats referenced in the case file.
  • Investigators cite notebooks, phones, chats and payment orders showing tens of billions of pesos directed to four drugstores between December 2023 and October 2025 under suspicion of illicit association, bribery, fraud and money laundering.