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Argentina President Javier Milei implicated in $LIBRA cryptocurrency fraud
An investigation into the $LIBRA cryptocurrency scandal revealed that U.S. businessman Hayden Mark Davis transferred more than US$5 million to accounts linked to a financial firm in Vicente López that is regularly used by lobbyist and trader Mauricio Novelli. The transfers – US$1.015 million to a wallet attributed to Orlando Rodolfo Mellino and about US$4 million to a wallet of Colombian trader Camilo Rodríguez Blanco – were made after Davis met President Javier Milei at the Casa Rosada on 30 January 2025 and shortly before the president’s 14 February 2025 message that caused a sharp rise in $LIBRA’s price before its collapse.
Argentina’s justice system has now frozen another account tied to the scheme and ordered the immobilisation of its funds so they can be returned to victims. Lawyer Agustín Rombolá, speaking on Diagonales Stream, said the involvement of President Milei and his sister Karina Milei in the fraud is “widely proven,” adding that the case will likely reach the appellate courts and possibly the Supreme Court. Federal prosecutor Eduardo Taiano and judge Marcelo Martínez de Giorgi have yet to summon Mellino and Rodríguez Blanco for questioning, despite the ongoing probe.
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$LIBRA cryptocurrency · Agustín Rombolá · Camilo Rodríguez Blanco · Hayden Mark Davis · Javier Milei · Mauricio Novelli · Orlando Rodolfo Mellino
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- [○ 1 SOURCE] The justice aims to return frozen funds to victims of the $LIBRA scam. www.diagonales.com
- [○ 1 SOURCE] The transfers were made after Davis met President Javier Milei at the Casa Rosada on 30 January 2025. totalnewsagency.com
- [○ 1 SOURCE] Lawyer Agustín Rombolá said the involvement of President Javier Milei and his sister Karina Milei in the $LIBRA fraud is widely proven. www.diagonales.com
- [○ 1 SOURCE] The $LIBRA cryptocurrency price spiked after President Milei’s 14 February 2025 message and later collapsed. totalnewsagency.com
- [○ 1 SOURCE] Funds went to wallets attributed to Orlando Rodolfo Mellino and Colombian trader Camilo Rodríguez Blanco. totalnewsagency.com
- [○ 1 SOURCE] Hayden Mark Davis transferred more than US$5 million to accounts linked to a financial firm in Vicente López used by Mauricio Novelli. totalnewsagency.com
- [○ 1 SOURCE] Federal prosecutor Eduardo Taiano and judge Marcelo Martínez de Giorgi have not yet summoned Mellino and Rodríguez Blanco for questioning. totalnewsagency.com
- [○ 1 SOURCE] Argentina’s justice system has frozen another account linked to the $LIBRA scam and ordered its funds immobilised. www.diagonales.com