Milei siblings ghost court in $4.5m LIBRA scam hearing

The Argentine president, Javier Milei and his sister Karina, did not attend a session planned linked to the scandal of the same Bibla even.

Interestingly, no legal representative appeared on their behalf. The virtual audience was a preliminary step before potential civil disputes surrounding the cryptography program of several million dollars.

According to a report by the Argentinian newspaper Page / 12The digital conference, organized with an official mediator, saw the attendance of a single lawyer who represented the manual terrones defendant Godoy. Godoy would have had prior involvement in similar financial irregularities.

The federal judge degenerates a balanced investigation

Federal judge María Servini intensified the investigation by officially asking the Central Bank to give access to the president’s financial files. The judicial order, which extends to Karina Milei, the secretary general of the presidency, requests banking information dating from 2023.

The investigation follows the allegations according to which the Mileis had links with the promoters of the balance (BALANCE) Cryptocurrency. The balance collapsed shortly after the president approved it on social networks. Judicial documents show that fraud may have affected around 25 victims across Argentina and abroad, with losses estimated at $ 4.5 million.

Servini has already evolved to freeze assets belonging to several businessmen involved in the creation and promotion of digital currency.

Among the targets are Mauricio November, founder of the Tech Argentine forum which would have connected the Mileis with the American developer Hayden Davis; Sergio Morales, former adviser to the National Securities Commission; And personality of social media Manuel Terrones Godoy.

The legal action against November extends to family members, in particular his mother, María Alicia Rafaele, and her sister, María Pía November.

Safety images of a branch from the Banque de Galicia show that women entering empty bags on February 17 and therefore with visibly complete containers. It was only a working day after the cryptocurrency of President Milei’s cryptocurrency.

“At 11:03:08 am, the women were observed who came out of the branch with their handbag and their backpack seeming much more full than when they arrived,” said a federal police report on the money laundering division.

The controversy began on February 14 when President Milei promoted the launch of the balance on his social platforms. Although cryptocurrency briefly appreciated value, it quickly plunged. Milei subsequently published a statement claiming that he had no knowledge of the details of the transaction.