He bribery scheme detected in the National Health Insurance (Senasa) worked as a invisible toll embedded in the medical systemin which every time the State paid a service provider, a pre-established portion (the toll) was automatically diverted through front companies.
The information is contained in the request for a coercive measure that the Public Ministry submitted against those accused of having embezzled the State with more than 15 billion pesos through a fraudulent scheme that operated in that institution.
According to the accusatory piece, the diversion of money It was collected by a main intermediary, to finally deliver it to the key official, legalizing the transaction through fictitious invoices (false receipts) to hide the diversion of resources.
It indicates that bribes in the so-called “Operation Cobra” They worked through a mechanism of systematic corruption and money launderingsustained between 2020 and 2025, focused on manipulating Senasa contracts to divert public funds to the accused.
It states that the aforementioned corruption scheme was established by the then executive director of Senasa, Santiago Marcelo Hazimand that it included the reception of bribery and falsification of accounting accounts.
It details that for such purposes, fraudulent special programs for bribes, which lacked technical or financial support, being used as a conduit to receive illicit million-dollar sums.
It states that the corruption scheme used positions of power to direct contracts to supply companies for the payment of bribes in millions of dollars.
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Bribery chargesaccording to the accusatory piece, ranged between 25% and 30% of the billing that the companies received from Senasa.
He points out that the scheme depended on highly trusted intermediaries for the collection and mobilization of money, in which the main beneficiary, Santiago Marcelo Hazim Albainycoordinated said scheme, ensuring contracting and payment control.
Collector
As the collector of the bribes that were delivered to Hazim Albainy, the file points to José Pablo Ortiz Giraldeza person who was also investigated in the Squid case and that strangely was not included in the file.
He emphasizes that Ortiz Giráldez was appointed by Hazim Albainy as spokesperson and primary collector to demand and channel illicit commissions.
The file indicates that it was proven that Ortiz Giráldez received and managed the money resulting from bribes paid to Hazim Albainy by different health care companies.
The file indicates that to support the diversion of funds and give the appearance of legality, several intermediary companies providing health services issued thousands of fictitious invoices simulating non-existent commercial operations or for services never provided. Those companies were included in the file.
The bribes
The charges for bribes paid to the former director of Senasa, Santiago Marcelo Hazim, ranged between 25% and 30% for each billing, according to the request for a coercive measure, consisting of 18 months of preventive detention, filed by the Public Ministry before the Permanent Attention Office of the National District.
