Argentine Court Asked To Arrest The President’s Allies In the LIBRA Scandal

A plaintiff in the Argentine criminal investigation into the LIBRA scandal, Martín Romeo, has asked Federal Judge Marcelo Martínez de Giorgi to immediately detain Mauricio Novelli and Manuel Terrones Godoy, two advisors to President Javier Milei linked to the token launch. Romeo argued they are a flight risk because Novelli is an Italian citizen and Terrones Godoy has permanent residency in Mexico, citing irregular transactions involving them and American investor Hayden Mark Davis.

The congressional committee, led by Representative Maximiliano Ferraro, gathered transaction data from exchanges like Binance and Gate.io, which confirmed Novelli and Terrones Godoy held wallets there. This data helped reconstruct the financial circuit, showing Davis transferred over $1 million USDT to a Bitget account on January 30, shortly after meeting Milei, with funds later moving to Novelli's Binance wallet and a private bank linked to both advisors. Further transfers from Davis occurred days before the February 17 launch, with funds ending up in Novelli's associated bank.

Furthermore, official data from the exchange Ripio contradicts President Milei's claim that only a few Argentines were affected by LIBRA's price drop; Ripio reported 1,358 residents purchased the token. The committee also noted Milei and his sister, Karina Milei, failed to appear for testimony, leading the committee to approve a formal summons for Milei and authorize seeking law enforcement assistance to compel testimony from Karina Milei, Novelli, and Terrones Godoy if they do not comply.

(Source：BeInCrypto)