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Argentine investigation into Manuel Adorni assets

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Judge Ariel Lijo has granted former Chief of Staff Manuel Adorni an extension to justify his assets and financial evolution. The judicial inquiry focuses on alleged illicit enrichment involving Adorni and his wife, Bettina Angeletti, between December 14, 2023, and Adorni’s resignation on June 27, 2026. A technical report from the General Directorate of Economic and Financial Advisory in Investigations (DAFI) identified a discrepancy where family expenses exceeded documented income by over $43 million. On September 20, 2026, Adorni submitted a 78-page legal defense through attorney Matías Ledesma. To explain significant cash holdings, the defense claims the funds originated from the sale of Bitcoin acquired between 2014 and 2018. The filing asserts that liquidating eight different Bitcoin addresses yielded approximately $591,544, providing private keys verified via a notary act. The defense characterized the reported income-expense gap as a “residual gap” and disputed previous renovation cost estimates for a property in Indio Cuá. Following this submission, Federal Prosecutor Gerardo Pollicita confirmed the existence of the eight Bitcoin addresses and noted that the Argentine Federal Police have conducted a cryptographic verification process. ~~However, the prosecution has requested~~ To further ~~technical reports~~ the investigation, Adorni’s defense presented the private access keys and a computer to ~~determine if Adorni maintained continuous control over these~~ the prosecutor to verify the existence of the accounts ~~between 2014~~ and ~~2018, noting that private keys can be transferred.~~ the defense’s current control over them. On October 2, 2026, the prosecutor requested a 29-point technical report from the Argentine Federal Police's Cybercrime Department. This forensic audit aims to establish whether any other individual controlled the addresses during the 2014–2018 timeframe. Additionally, Judge Lijo has ordered the lifting of tax secrecy for both Adorni and Angeletti to trace their total wealth evolution from adulthood.

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