Overview

• Ex-rector Juan Alberto Cerisola received three years and six months in prison with lifetime disqualification from public office.
• The tribunal ordered Cerisola to pay, jointly with another former official, more than 39 million pesos to repair damages to the Universidad Nacional de Tucumán.
• Former construction chief Olga Cudmani was sentenced to three years and two months, and ex-procurement director Osvaldo Venturino received a two-year suspended term; both were permanently disqualified and must pay an additional 766,000 pesos for a specific work.
• Former subsecretary Luis Fernando Sacca was acquitted under the benefit of the doubt.
• Prosecutors said an ad-hoc contracting scheme diverted YMAD funds earmarked for the San Javier campus, and the judges allowed those convicted to remain at liberty while the defense teams pursue appeals.