Ypf Trial: Argentina Asked Judge Preska Not to Deliver E-Mails and Chats From the Last Two Economic Ministers
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The government said it has no such devices in its possession and that private property is "inviolable"The judge had asked for whatsapp and e-mails from the finance ministers
“The Argentine Republic does not have such control over the personal devices and accounts of its officials,” detailed in the brief submitted to the New York court.
The State told the New York judge that it does not own the devices requested because it does not belong to them.
The Court of Appeal of New York decided not to accept the request of an NGO that wanted to stop Argentina’s appeal in the trial in which the way YPF was expropriated was questioned, and that it could cost the country US$ 16.1 billion. Sources linked to the case reported that, with this decision, it is confirmed that the trial will continue and oral arguments will be heard, just after the legislative elections scheduled for October 26. The NGO ca…
"The beneficiaries of the YPF trial seek to seize sovereign assets. For that, they need access to all the information. What they claim, is that Luis Caputo and Sergio Massa used platforms like WhatsApp or Gmail to perform public functions, instead of official channels of the State. Therefore, they ask to know if in those media there are data that can facilitate the asset embargo," explained the expert Sebastián Maril. Read more
The government asked the judge of the South District Court of New York, Loretta Preska, to reconsider her order that the Argentine Republic enter the...
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