An official of Axel Kicillof was arrested for a scam of $27 billion

The moral decomposition of the Buenos Aires state apparatus has added a new and scandalous chapter. In the city of La Plata, the arrest and prosecution of Albertina Mangini, an official belonging to the Attorney General's Office of Buenos Aires who was currently serving on commission within the Parole Board, was ordered.

The accused is charged with leading a monumental criminal structure that mobilized the obscene amount of $27 billion within a year using digital platforms. This millionaire embezzlement, which exposes the lack of control guarantees of the management of Axel Kicillof, culminated with the indictment of Mangini on serious charges of "organized crime", "fraud through the misuse of digital data", and "aggravated money laundering", crimes intensified by their habitual nature and by her role as a public official.

From greater to lesser, the criminal plot reveals the classic modus operandi of the old politics that the national government seeks to eradicate: the exploitation of social need. The criminal gang used the financial engineering of "smurfing" to evade state controls.

The maneuver consisted of making countless micro-transfers of small amounts through virtual wallets to evade tax alerts.

To achieve this, the Kirchnerist official targeted people in situations of extreme economic vulnerability, offering them $80,000 in exchange for providing their personal and biometric data to open accounts that would then serve as financial "mules".

Vilely taking advantage of her public position, Albertina Mangini recruited these individuals under judicial supervision or in contexts of social fragility, which the prosecution described as a clear "abuse of public function".

The final destination of the funds stolen from those who have the least was a sophisticated money laundering mechanism. According to the prosecution's hypothesis, the funds were funneled to an "illegal online casino" where they were disguised as supposed gambling winnings to hinder their traceability.

The judicial investigation, led by prosecutor Betina Lacki, had a definitive breakthrough on April 16, 2026, when multiple search warrants were executed.

The criminal network also implicated other localities in the province of Buenos Aires. In Mar del Plata, Mauro Perrota was arrested, while Ignacio Marchioni was apprehended in Quilmes.

During the judicial inquiries, official Albertina Mangini and implicated Mauro Perrota chose to invoke their constitutional right and "refused to testify" before the prosecution.

In contrast, the only one to provide a statement was Marchioni, who attempted to justify that his commercial activity corresponded to "brokerage and investments".

However, investigators are focusing their suspicions on a highly striking pattern within the dozens of detected transfers: the amounts suspiciously ended in the decimal ".12".

While prosecutor Betina Lacki has a period of 15 days —extendable for an identical period— to define the preventive detention of the accused Mangini, society witnesses another irrefutable proof of how the "present state" of Kirchnerism has only served as a facade for the illicit enrichment of its officials. A reality diametrically opposed to the path of moral cleansing and economic freedom that is currently led by President Javier Milei.