The Federal Court of Argentina will investigate whether the President Javier Milei He committed a crime by promoting, on his social networks, hours after its launch last Friday. After in the country’s courts, a judge and a public prosecutor were assigned to the case.
The case of cryptocurrency caused a political crisis in the libertarian government, with part of the opposition, which denies irregularities and promised an internal investigation into the case
Federal Court 1, under the responsibility of the magistrate María Servini, was designated on Monday (17) by draw to centralize the complaints they ask to find out if Milei committed criminal association, fraud and violation of the duties of civil servants, among other crimes .
“We reported that Milei was part of a criminal association that organized a fraud with the $ Libra cryptocurrency, which simultaneously affected more than 40,000 people, with losses of over $ 4 billion (about $ 23 billion),” he said in a one Notice the City Law Observatory, whose lawyers lead one of the actions.
Deputies of the opposition Union by La Patria (Peronism) have announced that they will promote the impeachment of Milei in Congress; Other political forces call for the establishment of a investigating committee and the president’s call to interrogate him.
The complaint includes, among others, Julián Peh, CEO and co -founder of Kip Network and Kip Protocol – companies that participated in the creation of $ Libra – and the president of the House of Representatives, Martín Menem, who reposed.
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“Immediately after the presidential support message, the crypto price recorded an exponential high in its quotation and then, in 5 hours, collapsed,” reports the judicial presentation.
According to the petition, the fact that “President Milei and other leaders of his party, La Libertad Avanza, promote the token, gave legitimacy to the project, causing thousands of investors to trust.”
Thus, the price rose, “and the groups that controlled the largest amount of Token liquidated their positions, making an exorbitant profit.”
