“There are two possibilities: either it is not very intelligent or it is a kind of corrupt.” This was defined by the former former chancellor for the president’s participation in the alleged scam. The former minister, ejected from the ultra government last year, gave an interview to the news chain Al Jazera And, although he made a great effort to defend the president and his management, he ended up admitting that Milei made an error in promoting the digital asset. Thanks to the presidential support, last February, $ Libra summoned thousands of investors, who soon suffered millionaire losses before the collapse of the cryptocurrency, while a few took the profits. The entire operation is investigated by justice in the United States and also – with difficulties – in Argentina.
“Is it a corrupt president?” British journalist Mehdi Hasan, in. “I hope not,” she replied, “and if it is, one day he will have to go to jail.” When it was consulted on whether or not, Milei had to disseminate the cryptocurrency $ libra in their social networks, he acknowledged that “that should not have published that link“Why did he do it?” I think someone told him about it and he thought it was a good idea, “said Mondino.
While later he tried to moderate or clarify his words, it was then that the ex -chancellor said: “So there are two possibilities: or it is not very intelligent or is a kind of corrupt. You choose, I do not know.”
During the extensive dialogue, Mondino tried to defend the measures and speeches of the Argentine President and his government, from the social impact of public spending or the elimination of gender policies to the police repression of protests or the denialism of state terrorism during the last dictatorship. He faltered when he had to respond about the agent’s mental health, ”he called for an ex -asor who referred to Milei’s imbalance – and about the possible fraud with $ Libra.
Unofficial calculations on the operation with the cryptocurrency estimate that its abrupt collapse, when its main holders withdrew the capital shortly of launching it, caused losses greater than 200 million dollars. The judicial file initiated in New York, based on a demand for victims, includes the key role of Milei and his sister, Karina Milei, general secretary of the presidency, but does not tell them among the accused and focuses on obtaining a compensation for the victims.
Meanwhile, it advances more slowly, with the focus on the Milei brothers, American businessman Hayden Davis (from the firm Kalsier Ventures), the Singapurense Julian Peh (of Kip Protocol) and three other Argentines: the operators “Cripto” Mauricio Novelli and Manuel Terrones Godoy, and Sergio Morales, an exile of the National Securities Commission. Both Davis and Peh, who would be the main responsible for $ LIBRA, held meetings with Milei before the launch of the cryptocurrency.
One of the tracks in a row by the local investigation was, so far unsuccessfully, behind Julian Peh. The National Migration Directorate had already reported that it had no record of any entry to the country of a person with that name, whose meeting with the President appears in the official records. This week, in response to a requirement of the Prosecutor’s Office in charge of the case, Interpol’s office in Singapore confirmed that “does not arise records” of Peh in that country. The apparent mystery was quickly unveiled thanks to the contribution of: “Julian Peh” would be the western pseudonym of Peh Chyi Haur (Bai Qihao). Almost seven months after the facts, the Prosecutor’s Office must redirect his actions to him.
This week it was known that, in mid -November, three months before the launch of $ Libra, Hayden Davis toured part of Argentina with a group of entrepreneurs, looking for a “cryptocurrency bank” and mining exploitation projects. According to El Diario The nationthe tour covered the city of Buenos Aires, the provinces of Neuquén, Tierra del Fuego, Catamarca and Salta, and also crossed the border to Paraguay. The tour concluded where it had begun, in Buenos Aires.
At the end of November 21, Davis entered the Casa Rosada, authorized by Karina Milei. , the journalist Hugo Alonada Mon revealed that on the night of that day, Davis and his companions celebrated in a hotel that President Milei had signed “everything.” A few days later, according to, specialized in cryptocurrency, Davis said: “We can make Milei tweet, meet in person and promote […] I sent $$ to his sister and he signs what I say and does what I want. ”
