The case of cryptocurrency $ Poundwhich involves President Javier Milei and other key actors, has taken a significant turn after the decision of the Federal Chamber of San Martín to declare Judge Sandra Arroyo Salgado incompetent and send the file to the courts of Comodoro Py.
This conflict of competence, which had generated tensions between the jurisdictions of San Isidro and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, was finally resolved in favor of Judge María Servini, who will now lead the investigation. The origin of the case dates back to a message posted by Milei on the social network X (previously known as Twitter) last February, in which it promoted the launch of the cryptocurrency $ Pound.
This tweet, which was set in its profile and subsequently eliminated, generated an exponential increase in the value of the cryptocurrency, from $ 0.01 to $ 5 in a few hours. According to preliminary investigations, this increase allowed some actors to withdraw up to 100 million dollars, while other investors suffered significant losses.
The authorities seek to determine if Milei and others involved used privileged information to benefit from this operation. Judge Arroyo Salgado had initiated her investigation arguing that Milei’s tweet could have been carried out from the fifth of Olivos, within her jurisdiction.
However, the Federal Chamber of San Martín considered that the cause covers broader and more complex facts that transcend the publication of the message. According to the ruling of the cameraman Juan Pablo Salas, the federal justice of CABA is in a better position to fully investigate the various events and alleged criminal behaviors related to $ Poundincluding possible crimes such as bribery, influence peddling and breach of public official duties.
The decision to transfer the case to Comodoro Py is also based on the progress of investigations in that jurisdiction. Judge Servini, together with prosecutor Eduardo Taiano, had already taken significant evidence, such as calling calls among those involved and raids in homes of entrepreneurs linked to the cryptocurrency.
Decision
These actions contrast with the lack of concrete impulse in the San Isidro Prosecutor’s Office, which reinforced the decision to concentrate the cause in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. In addition to Milei, other actors are being investigated for their possible participation in the case.
Among them are Julian Peh and Hayden Mark Davis, who were involved in the creation and launch of $ Poundas well as Mauricio Gaspar Novelli and Manuel Terrones Godoy, organizers of a technological forum where Milei would have met the developers of the cryptocurrency. Sergio Daniel Morales, exassor from the National Securities Commission, who resigned shortly after the case was made public.
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