Her sister Karina and three other people are accused of a scheme related to the acquisition of medicines.
MADRID, 21 (EUROPA PRESS)
Argentine President Javier Milei and his sister, Karina Milei, the Secretary of the Presidency, were charged this Wednesday, along with three other people, in an alleged corruption scheme related to the supply of medications through the National Agency for Disability (Andis).
The accusation, filed by attorney Gregorio Dalbón, who represented former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, and disseminated on social media, details a network of "bribes collected and paid in connection with the purchase and supply of medications, with direct impact on public funds."
The document names, in addition to the Milei brothers, the director of Andis, Diego Spagnuolo; Karina Menem's advisor, Eduardo "Lule" Menem; and the owner of the pharmaceutical company Suizo Argentina, Eduardo Kovalivker. The defendants allegedly committed "crimes of bribery, fraudulent administration, negotiations incompatible with the exercise of public functions, and violations of the Public Ethics Law," as indicated in the document.
The complaint is based on audio recordings leaked Wednesday afternoon by the streaming channel Carnaval and later reported by local media outlets such as 'Clarín,' in which Spagnuolo admits to the existence of an "illegal collection" system involving the president, his sister, and the three other defendants. "Of what they charge for medicines, you have to pay 8 percent, you have to bring it to the Swiss government, and we'll upload it to the Presidency," says the Andis boss.
"Karina gets 3 percent and 1 percent goes to the operation," Spagnuolo adds, while in another fragment of the recording he states that "I spoke with the president. I have all of Karina's WhatsApp messages. He's not involved, but all of his people are. They're going to ask the lenders for money."
In his letter, Dalbón requested a search of ANDIS, the Presidential Secretariat, and the offices of Suizo Argentina. He also asked the Financial Information Unit (FIU) to analyze the banking transactions of the company implicated in the alleged scheme, and to investigate the corporate structure and possible business ties between Suizo Argentina and Argentine government officials.
The case came to light on a day when Congress rejected President Milei's veto of the Disability Emergency Law, with 172 votes in favor of the bill, 72 against, and two abstentions.
