The government of Javier Milei appointed Rodrigo Sbarraa former official of Mauricio Macri’s administration investigated for money laundering, after leaving an envelope with US$10,000. Thus, the accused will join as undersecretary of Administrative Management of the Secretariat of Legal and Administrative Coordination of the deputy chief of staffwhich operates under the orbit of Guillermo Francos.
In detail, Sbarra worked on the portfolio of Production and Work during the Macri government and his last position was that of Coordination Secretary. After leaving his position with the arrival of Alberto Fernández to the presidency, the official who now joins the libertarian administration was in the crosshairs of Justice after Matías Kulfas will report the discovery of the envelope with the dollars.
The Government adds an accused former Macrista official
Through the Decree 996/2024the libertarian administration made the landing of Sbarra official to the Government. According to the official document, he holds the position of vice chief of staff. since November 4th.
The Decree was published during the early hours of the morning and has the signatures of the President and the Chief of Staff, Guillermo Francos. In this way, Macri’s former official returns to public administration more than 4 years after the scandal began.
In January 2020, after the departure of the PRO leader and the arrival of Alberto FernándezSbarra was in the crosshairs of Justice. It all started when Matías Kulfas, then Minister of Productive Development, reported the discovery of an envelope with US$10,000 in a ministry office, corresponding to the Macrista official.
At that time, a judicial investigation was initiated by the prosecutor Gerardo Pollicitaby delegation of Judge Julián Ercolini. For his part, Sbarra outlined a defense in which he assured that the envelope “had been planted“by the new authorities.
This theory was quickly dismissed after the statements of a former secretary of the official, who stated that the handwritten letter in the evidence found corresponded to the then accused.
The other causes of the new Government official
The first hypothesis of Justice was that the envelope corresponded to bribes accepted by the then official. However, after the statements of the first witnesses, investigators pointed to a alleged money laundering.
A woman employed by the investigated person declared that the man had bought a lot located in Nordelta, valued at US$180,000. The land did not appear in Sbarra’s sworn statements, although they included a debt to his father, José Alberto Sbarra – a businessman dedicated to the real estate market – for an amount similar to the price paid for the land.
At that time, who was Secretary of Coordination of the former Ministry of Production and Labor added a second accusation for the alleged systematic diversion of funds of this portfolio during Mauricio Macri’s administration.
In this sense, investigators found various inconsistencies in the former official’s sworn statements. Among the assets that attracted attention were: a Mini Cooper car, a 185 m2 apartment in the City of Buenos Aires, two pieces of land in Navarroamong others.
Pollicita incorporated the information requested from the Administration into the file Federal Public Revenue (AFIP) —now ARK—, the Anti-Corruption Office (OA)he Central Bank of the Argentine Republic (BCRA) and the French Bank to thoroughly analyze the financial movements of the person accused of money laundering.
After this, the judges Martín Ururzun and Leopoldo Bruglia resolved the inhibition of assets of Clarisa Camacciwife of the man investigated. The ruling of the decision outlined: “While exercising a public function, Sbarra would not have declared the purchase of a lot acquired between April 2016 and 2019 in Nordelta, Province of Buenos Aires, and his sworn statements would not clearly reflect the economic means to support that transaction. In addition, other evidentiary proceedings indicated that Sbarra had not declared the improvements made on land he owned located in the town of Navarro, in the province of Buenos Aires.
Source: Ambito
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