Justice officials accessed the phone of Martín Migueles, partner of Wanda Nara, revealing a network that charged 10 to 15 percent bribes to speed up import authorizations through the SIRA system during Alberto Fernández's government.
Prosecutor Franco Picardi charged Migueles, former partner of Elías Piccirillo, for serving as the link between businessmen and public officials. Messages found on his phone show how intermediaries promised approvals within a week in exchange for payments in blue dollars.
In voice notes, Migueles told a contact: “I get it one point less, 11 points and it comes out in a week at most”. Another government employee, Ariel Germán Saponara, suggested inflating the bribe: “Pass him 12 or 13 and we earn a point”.
The probe also includes Héctor Ezequiel Caputto, alias El Pipo, and examines a parallel scheme with firm Arg Exchange to sell official dollars on the informal market, with possible gains above 200 percent. The case keeps the names of higher-ranking officials under seal.
