US EditionArgentine ex-president Fernandez ordered to stand trial for graft
ARGENTINA, JUL 10 – The former president is accused of orchestrating inflated insurance commissions totaling 2.25 billion pesos through intermediaries linked to his office, officials said.
- On July 11, 2025, former Argentine President Alberto Fernandez was formally charged and will face trial over alleged corruption linked to insurance contracts arranged during his presidency from 2019 to 2023.
- The charges arise from a decree issued by Fernández in December 2021 that mandated all public sector entities to engage solely with Nacion Seguros SA for their insurance needs, benefiting associates connected to his administration.
- Federal Judge Sebastian Casanello charged Fernandez with engaging in dealings that conflicted with his duties as a public official and imposed a freeze on approximately $11 million of his assets as part of a wider investigation involving 33 other individuals.
- Prosecutors allege that middlemen connected to Fernandez's office collected commissions totaling 2.252 billion pesos, nearly 60% of Nación Seguros' total payments, while the broker linked to his personal secretary's husband gained undue benefits.
- Fernández is also facing separate accusations of gender-based violence involving Fabiola Yáñez, who held the role of first lady during his presidency, adding to his array of legal issues.
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Independent EspañolFormer Argentine President Alberto Fernández announced on Friday that he will appeal the decision of a judge who formally indicted him the day before for alleged irregularities in the contracting of public sector insurance during his term, which generated a…
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A judge in Argentina ordered this Thursday afternoon that former president Alberto Fernández be tried for alleged corruption related to the irregular hiring of insurance for public bodies during his administration (2019-2023).Read more]]>
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Buenos Aires, Argentina.- A judge in Argentina ordered on Thursday that former President Alberto Fernández be tried for alleged corruption related to the irregular hiring of insurance for public bodies during his administration (2019-2023). "El (juez Sebastián) Casanello has just resolved the prosecution of Fernández," she told AFP Mariana Barbitta, lawyer of the former President. The defender advanced that they will appeal, for which there is t…
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